
MULTIPROCESSOR CONFIGURATIONS 13-31
file shows that the number 230.25 has been converted to 43664000 H and the number
85.27 to 42AA8A3 DH.
The two programming examples highlight the use of the coprocessor instructions.
To learn more about the control, status and other registers of the 8087, the data sheet of
the chip may be referred to. To become proficient in programming, refer to Appendix E
and run a number of programs.
KEY POINTS OF THIS CHAPTER
l When a system contains more than one processor, it is called a multiprocessing
system.
l Such systems are broadly classified as tightly coupled and loosely coupled systems.
l The 8086 has a number of ...