Method and apparatus for elimination of inherent carries
US6751644B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 4, 2000 |
| Grant date | Jun 15, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 4, 2020 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F7/49994
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A fused instruction datapath is disclosed. The fused instruction datapath may include a normalization unit, a floating point mutltiplier coupled to the normalization unit, and a mantissa alignment unit coupled to provide an aligned mantissa to the floating point multiplier. The floating point multiplier may include a term generation unit and a compensation unit coupled to the term generation unit. The term generation unit may be configured to generate a sum term and a carry term. The compensation unit may be configured to compensate the sum term.
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