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Method and apparatus for accumulating floating point values

US8060549B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Pasternak Solutions, LLC · US

Inventors

Stephen C. Purcell · Carrboro, US
Scott Kimura · San Jose, US
Mark Wood-Patrick · Sunnyvale, US

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 31, 2006
Grant date	Nov 15, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 24, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F7/5443
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and apparatus for accumulating arbitrary length strings of input values, such as floating point values, in a layered tree structure such that the order of adds at each layer is maintained. The accumulating utilizes a shared adder, and includes means for directing initial inputs and intermediate result values.

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