Oh heck I didnt even know that. Yes, the IBM chips implement it on top of FPU with hardware&#x2F;firmware combo. Googling POWER decimal gave me a PDF with floor plan and all. Their reasoning is that, unlike scientific community, most people use FPU&#x27;s while thinking in and requiring decimal properties. So why not offer them a decimal unit, eh?<p>Glad it might get into C++ standard.