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17.2.3 Exceptions
The floating-point unit detects all exceptions defined by the IEEE-754 standard. This includes detec-
tion of Invalid Operation (NV), Overflow (OF), Underflow (UF), Division-by-Zero (DZ) and Inexact
(NX) exception conditions. Generation of special results such as NaNs and infinity is also supported.
17.2.4 Rounding
All four rounding modes defined in the IEEE-754 standard are supported: round-to-nearest, round-to-
+inf, round-to--inf and round-to-zero.