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Method and apparatus for encoding and decoding of floating-point number

US11387843B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Assignee

NEUCHIPS CORPORATION · TW

Inventors

Juinn-Dar Huang · Luodong, TW
Cheng-Wei Huang · Danei, TW
Tim Chen · Chandler, US
Chiung-Liang Lin · Hsinchu, TW

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 23, 2021
Grant date	Jul 12, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 23, 2041

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH03M7/30
WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and apparatus for encoding and decoding of floating-point number is provided. The method for encoding is used to convert at least one original floating-point number to at least one encoded floating-point number. The method for encoding includes: determining a number of exponent bits of the at least one encoded floating-point number and calculating an exponent bias according to at least one original exponent value of the at least one original floating-point number; and converting an original exponent value of a current original floating-point number of the at least one original floating-point number to an encoded exponent value of a current encoded floating-point number of the at least one encoded floating-point number according to the exponent bias.

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