Intel x86 MXCSR Register

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This register contains control and status information for the SSE registers. Some of the bits in this register are editable. You cannot dive in these values.

The bit settings of the Intel x86 MXCSR register are outlined in the following table.

Value	Bit Setting	Meaning
FZ	0x8000	Flush to zero
RC=RN	0x0000	To nearest rounding mode
RC=R-	0x2000	Toward negative infinity rounding mode
RC=R+	0x4000	Toward positive infinity rounding mode
RC=RZ	0x6000	Toward zero rounding mode
EM=PM	0x1000	Precision mask
EM=UM	0x0800	Underflow mask
EM=OM	0x0400	Overflow mask
EM=ZM	0x0200	Divide-by-zero mask
EM=DM	0x0100	Denormal mask
EM=IM	0x0080	Invalid operation mask
DAZ	0x0040	Denormals are zeros
EF=PE	0x0020	Precision flag
EF=UE	0x0010	Underflow flag
EF=OE	0x0008	Overflow flag
EF=ZE	0x0004	Divide-by-zero flag
EF=DE	0x0002	Denormal flag
EF=IE	0x0001	Invalid operation flag