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System and method for storing numbers in first and second formats in a register file

US8346828B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Maarten J. Boersma · Holzgerlingen, DE
Michael K. Kroener · Ehningen, DE
Petra Leber · Ehningen, DE
Silvia M. Mueller · Altdorf, DE
Jochen Preiss · Eppelheim, DE
Kerstin Claudia Schelm · Stuttgart, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 14, 2008
Grant date	Jan 1, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 2, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F2207/3824
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system and a method for storing numbers in a register file are provided. The system and the method store single precision numbers in double precision format in a register file that is shared between floating point computational units and computational units not supporting floating point numbers.

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