Overview: Floating-point Operations

This section introduces the floating-point support in the Intel® C++ Compiler and provides information about using floating-point operations in your applications.

The following table lists some possible starting points for you:

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Understand the programming objectives of floating-point applications

Programming Objectives of Floating-Point Applications

Use the -fp-model (Linux* and Mac OS*) or /fp (Windows*) option

Using the -fp-model or /fp Option

Set the flush-to-zero (FTZ) or denormals-are-zero (DAZ) flags

Setting the FTZ and DAZ Flags

Tuning the performance of floating-point applications

Overview: Tuning Performance of Floating-Point Applications