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Floating point norm instruction

US12430130B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 2, 2023
Grant dateSep 30, 2025
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Expiry dateNov 17, 2043

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06N3/08
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A hardware module is provided in an execution unit and is responsive to execution of multiple instances of a new type of instruction to perform a plurality of reductions in parallel. The hardware module comprises: a first accumulator storing first state associated with a first of the reductions; and a second accumulator storing second state associated with a second of the reductions. Upon execution of each of the multiple instances of the first type of instruction: an input value for the respective instance is provided to a first processing circuit of the hardware module such that the first processing circuit performs a first type of operation to update the first state; and the same input value is provided to the second processing circuit of the hardware module such that the second processing circuit performs a second type of operation to update the second state.

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