created: 05/31/2002; revised: 11/16/2002

# CHAPTER 32 — Floating Point Comparison Instructions

The MIPS Floating Point Accelerator (FPA) chip (now, usually part of the processor chip) has a condition bit that is set to `0` or `1` to indicate if a condition is false or true. Serval FPA instructions affect this bit and several CPU instructions test this bit.

#### Chapter Topics:

- Comparison instructions: `c.eq.s`, `c.lt.s`, `c.le.s`
- Branch instructions: `bc1f`, `bc1t`
- The Condition bit
- Newton's method

### QUESTION 1:

Are the FPA (floating point accelerator) and coprocessor 1 the same?