an FPU as well.

History

In 1954, the IBM 704 had floating-point arithmetic as a standard feature, one of its major improvements over its predecessor the IBM 701. This was carried forward to its successors the 709, 7090, and 7094.

In 1963, Digital announced the PDP-6, which had floating point as a standard feature.

In 1963, the GE-235 featured an "Auxiliary Arithmetic Unit" for

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