Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Floating-point division circuitry with subnormal support
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Application No.: US17218041Application Date: 2021-03-30
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Publication No.: US11836459B2Publication Date: 2023-12-05
- Inventor: Liang-Kai Wang , Ian R. Ollmann , Anthony Y. Tai
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Kowert, Hood, Munyon, Rankin & Goetzel, P.C.
- Agent Michael B. Davis; Dean M. Munyon
- Main IPC: G06F7/487
- IPC: G06F7/487 ; G06F7/499

Abstract:
Techniques are disclosed relating to circuitry for floating-point division. In some embodiments, the circuitry is configured to generate a subnormal result for a division operation that divides a numerator by a denominator. The circuitry may include floating-point circuitry configured to perform a reciprocal operation to determine a normalized mantissa value for the reciprocal of a floating-point representation of the denominator. The circuitry may further include fixed-point circuitry configured to multiply a fixed-point representation of the normalized mantissa value for the reciprocal by a mantissa of the numerator to generate an initial value. Control circuitry may determine error data for the initial value and generate a final subnormal mantissa result for the division operation based on the error data and the initial value. Embodiments with multiple modes with different accuracy guarantees are disclosed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220317971A1 Floating-point Division Circuitry with Subnormal Support Public/Granted day:2022-10-06
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