Transcendental Instructions (Floating-Point)

The transcendental instructions perform trigonometric and logarithmic operations on floating-point operands.

Table 3–16 Transcendental Instructions (Floating-Point)


Solaris Mnemonic	Intel/AMD Mnemonic	Description
`f2xm1`	`F2XM1`	computes 2^x-1
`fcos`	`FCOS`	cosine
`fpatan`	`FPATAN`	partial arctangent
`fptan`	`FPTAN`	partial tangent
`fsin`	`FSIN`	sine
`fsincos`	`FSINCOS`	sine and cosine
`fyl2x`	`FYL2X`	computes y * log₂x
`fyl2xp1`	`FYL2XP1`	computes y * log₂(x+1)