F2XM1 Compute 2 to the Xth power - 1 Exceptions: P U D I S (operands not checked) F2XM1 C3 C2 C1 C0: ? ? * ?
Logic ST ← 2**ST - 1
F2MX1 calculates 2 to the power X and subtracts 1 from the result. X is taken from ST and must be 0 < X < .5 on the 8087 and 80287, or -1.0 < X < 1.0 on the 387+. If X is outside the acceptable range, F2XM1 produces an unpredictable result.
This instruction provides increased accuracy over 2**X when X is near 0 (for example, when calculating hyperbolic trignometric functions).