Multiplication on a common microcontroller is easy. But division is much more difficult. Even with hardware assistance, a 32-bit division on a modern 64-bit x86 CPU can run between 9 and 15 cycles.

ARGH! this is making me fscking crazy, it's so goddamned simple! how do you do it?<P>you can use round() or trunc() to go the other way, but I can't find any way to go from integer -> real<P>I've ...

Developing fixed-point algorithm descriptions used to require tradeoffs between design functionality, modeling of numerical precision, and validation (simulation) speed. Now, a new class of C++ ...