ABSTRACT
Intel: 8086 → 80,286 → 80,386 → 80,486 → 860RISC → R400 by MIPS Motorola: 6800 → 68,000 → 68,020 → 68,030 → Power PC 74xx like PC 7448 • Microcomputers have a finite word length that causes numerical errors that
are generated and propagated through the system. Before getting to the analysis of these errors, we shall review briefly some elements of binary arithmetic with finite word length.
