Method and apparatus for floating point operations and format conversion operations
US6282554A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 30, 1998 |
| Grant date | Aug 28, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 30, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH03M7/24
- WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A floating point arithmetic apparatus for converting numbers between an integer format and a floating point format, wherein a conversion operation requires a greater data path width than a conversion operation. The apparatus comprises right shift circuitry that receives a number in the floating point format, wherein the right shift circuitry includes additional register positions to accommodate a shift beyond a data path width required by an arithmetic operation.
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