The following options enable you to control the compiler optimizations for floating-point computations on Itanium®-based systems:
Use the -ftz option to flush denormal results to zero.
-IPF_fma[-] enables [disables] the contraction of floating-point multiply and add/subtract operations into a single operation. Unless -mp is specified, the compiler contracts these operations whenever possible. The -mp option disables the contractions. Use -IPF_fma and -IPF_fma- to override the default compiler behavior. For example, a combination of -mp and -IPF_fma enables the compiler to contract operations (on Itanium®-based systems only):
prompt>icpc -mp -IPF_fma prog.cpp
-IPF_fp_speculationmode sets the compiler to speculate on floating-point operations in one of the following modes:
-IPF_flt_eval_method0 directs the compiler to evaluate the expressions involving floating-point operands in the precision indicated by the variable types declared in the program.
-IPF_fltacc[-] enables [disables] optimizations that affect floating-point accuracy. By default (-IPF_fltacc-) the compiler may apply optimizations that reduce floating-point accuracy. You may use -IPF_fltacc or -mp to improve floating-point accuracy, but at the cost of disabling some optimizations.