ID Number: Q35142
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Summary:
The Weitek WTL 1167 chip set is found on the Compaq Weitek Coprocessor
Board. The WTL 1167 is a set of three chips used as a replacement for
the Intel 80387 coprocessor. Benchmarks in the March 1988 issue of
BYTE magazine show the WTL 1167 with a 7 to 68 percent speed increase
over the 80387 on processing of double-precision numbers.
("Real-World" speed increase is closer to 30 percent.) The Compaq
Weitek Coprocessor Board was designed with an 80387 socket.
Microsoft only has Math Coprocessor support for Intel chips. If you
have the WTL 1167 on a Compaq Weitek Coprocessor Board, you also must
have an 80387 to use our Math Coprocessor Library. Without the 80387,
you will have to use our Emulator or Alternate Math Libraries, or link
with a third-party library.
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