[bell-cot]

Closely related, 8 days ago, 138 points & 28 comments:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48519011 (about the 8087's adder)

[Jimmc414]

That's a different article by the same author, Ken Shirriff

https://www.righto.com/2020/05/die-analysis-of-8087-math-cop...

https://www.righto.com/2026/06/intel-8087-adder-reverse-engi...

[bell-cot]

Yes - I was just trying to give things a "this is interesting, so upvote & discuss!" kick. In the absence of Ken popping up with good "Author here for your 8087 questions" comment.

[elpocko]

I guess he didn't pop up because the article is 6 years old.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23362673

[kens]

I'm here now if anyone has questions. I can't be online all the time :-)

[bell-cot]

Re-post that comment top-level, so folks can see that the Big Name is now on stage. ;)