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Reloadable floating point unit

US6115730A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 17, 1997
Grant dateSep 5, 2000
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Expiry dateNov 17, 2017

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F9/3885
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A preloadable floating point unit includes first and second preload registers that hold a next operand and a next top of array (TOA) for use with a next FPU instruction held in an instruction queue pending completion of the current FPU instruction.

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