Comment on Did any processor implement an integer square root instruction?parentComments−ekelsen2yThe halving could come from an intended use in a Newton Raphson iteration of a square root refinement.See for example https://math.mit.edu/~stevenj/18.335/newton-sqrt.pdfThe initial guess is the approximate square root, but it needs to be halved as part of the calculation.
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The halving could come from an intended use in a Newton Raphson iteration of a square root refinement.
See for example https://math.mit.edu/~stevenj/18.335/newton-sqrt.pdf
The initial guess is the approximate square root, but it needs to be halved as part of the calculation.