Data conversion between floating point packed format and integer scalar format
US6292815A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 30, 1998 |
| Grant date | Sep 18, 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 method and instruction for converting a number between a floating point format and an integer format are described. Numbers are stored in the integer format in a register of a first set of architectural registers in a scalar format. At least one of the numbers in the scalar format is converted to a number in the floating point format. The number in the floating point format is placed in a register of a second set of architectural registers in a packed format.
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