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Floating point execution unit with fixed point functionality

US8930432B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Mark J. Hickey · Rochester, US
Adam J. Muff · Issaquah, US
Matthew R. Tubbs · Rochester, US
Charles D. Wait · Byron, US

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 4, 2011
Grant date	Jan 6, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 17, 2033

Classification

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

Abstract

A floating point execution unit is capable of selectively repurposing one or more adders in an exponent path of the floating point execution unit to perform fixed point addition operations, thereby providing fixed point functionality in the floating point execution unit.

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