hardware multiply/divide functionality in CPUs

[Chuck Guzis]

On 8 Mar 2011 at 11:56, Brent Hilpert wrote:

> Looking through the Osborne book (Introduction to Microcomputers -
> Some Real Products / 1976), here's another to add to the list: the
> MicroNova/9440 microprocessor ca 1977 had built-in 16-bit multiply and
> divide instructions.
> 
> Can anyone comment on how much use or production the MicroNova or
> Fairchild 9440 chips actually saw?

I mentioned the MicroNova. 

If you weren't DoD-related, you could forget getting the 9440, 9445, 
9450...CPUs.  Fairchild wouldn't give you the time of day on those.

Same for the I2L versions of the TI 9900.

--Chuck