Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Normalizer shift prediction for log estimate instructions
- Patent Title (中): 用于对数估计指令的归一化器偏移预测
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Application No.: US12208439Application Date: 2008-09-11
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Publication No.: US08244783B2Publication Date: 2012-08-14
- Inventor: Maarten J. Boersma , Michael Klein , Jochen Preiss , Son Dao Trong
- Applicant: Maarten J. Boersma , Michael Klein , Jochen Preiss , Son Dao Trong
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Cantor Colburn LLP
- Agent Diane Roberts-Gerhardt
- Main IPC: G06F5/01
- IPC: G06F5/01
Abstract:
A floating point processor unit includes a shift amount calculation circuit within a normalizer portion of the floating point unit, wherein the shift amount calculation circuit is utilized to compute the normalizer shift amount for a log estimate instruction that runs as a pipelinable instruction.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100063985A1 NORMALIZER SHIFT PREDICTION FOR LOG ESTIMATE INSTRUCTIONS Public/Granted day:2010-03-11
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