Architectures and Processors forum HI,why the VFP vector mode can not be used in cortex-a series processors?

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HI,why the VFP vector mode can not be used in cortex-a series processors?

fansi over 9 years ago

HI,why the VFP vector mode can not be used in cortex-a series processors?

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Peter Harris over 9 years ago in reply to fansi +1 verified

There isn't really any more detail that will be useful; it's deprecated, slower on ARMv7, and totally removed in ARMv8. There are at least two fast non-deprecated alternatives; write non-vector VFP code...