created: 05/31/2002; revised: 11/16/2002, 11/23/2014, 08/08/2020

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CHAPTER 32 — Floating Point Comparison Instructions

MIPS has a condition bit that is set to 0 or 1 to indicate if a condition is false or true. Several 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?

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