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Rounding hexadecimal floating point numbers using binary incrementors

US12190078B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Michael Klein · Schenefeld, DE
Petra Leber · Ehningen, DE
Cedric Lichtenau · Stuttgart, DE
Stefan Payer · Stuttgart, DE
Kerstin Claudia Schelm · Stuttgart, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 25, 2022
Grant date	Jan 7, 2025
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 22, 2042

Classification

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

Abstract

Rounding hexadecimal floating point numbers using binary incrementors, including: incrementing, by a first incrementor, a first subset of bits of an operand comprising a binary hexadecimal floating point operand; incrementing, by a second incrementor, a second subset of bits of the operand; generate an intermediate result based on a carryout of the second incrementor; and generate an incremented result based on a carryout of the first incrementor and one or more of: a first bit of the intermediate result or the carryout of the second incrementor.

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