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Repurposed hexadecimal floating point data path

US11861325B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Nicol Hofmann · Stuttgart, DE
Michael Klein · Schenefeld, DE
Petra Leber · Ehningen, DE
Kerstin Claudia Schelm · Stuttgart, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 21, 2021
Grant date	Jan 2, 2024
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 28, 2042

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F2207/3844
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method includes dividing a fraction of a floating point result into a first portion and a second portion. The method includes outputting a first normalizer result based on the first portion during to a first clock cycle. The method includes storing a first segment of the first portion during to the first clock cycle. The method includes outputting a first rounder result based on the first normalizer result during to the first clock cycle. The method includes outputting a second normalizer result based on the second portion during to a second clock cycle. The method includes outputting a second rounder result based on the second normalizer result and the first segment during to the second clock cycle.

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