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Intel 8087 Floating-Point Addition and Subtraction Microcode Analysis

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The article explains the implementation of floating-point addition and subtraction in the Intel 8087 chip, detailing its microcode, hardware components like the integer adder and shifter, and handling of special cases. It describes the 80-bit temporary real format, register stack architecture, and the role of the 69-bit integer adder in executing these operations.

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