Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Standalone floating-point conversion unit
- Patent Title (中): 独立浮点转换单元
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Application No.: US14498172Application Date: 2014-09-26
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Publication No.: US09582248B2Publication Date: 2017-02-28
- Inventor: David Raymond Lutz , Neil Burgess
- Applicant: ARM Limited
- Applicant Address: GB Cambridge
- Assignee: ARM Limited
- Current Assignee: ARM Limited
- Current Assignee Address: GB Cambridge
- Agency: Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.
- Main IPC: G06F5/01
- IPC: G06F5/01 ; G06F7/485

Abstract:
A data processing apparatus includes floating-point adder circuitry and floating-point conversion circuitry that generates a floating-point number as an output by performing a conversion on any input having a format from a list of formats including: an integer number, a fixed-point number, and a floating-point number having a format smaller than the output floating-point number. The floating-point conversion circuitry is physically distinct from the floating-point adder circuitry.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160092169A1 STANDALONE FLOATING-POINT CONVERSION UNIT Public/Granted day:2016-03-31
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