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Multi-function floating point arithmetic pipeline

US6965908B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 15, 2001
Grant dateNov 15, 2005
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Expiry dateSep 13, 2022

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F7/483
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A scalable engine having multiple datapaths, each of which is a unique multi-function floating point pipeline capable of performing a four component dot product on data in a single pass through the datapath, which allows matrix transformations to be computed in an efficient manner, with a high data throughput and without substantially increasing the cost and amount of hardware required to implement the pipeline.

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