Zero anticipation method and apparatus
    2.
    发明授权
    Zero anticipation method and apparatus 有权
    零预期方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US06487576B1

    公开(公告)日:2002-11-26

    申请号:US09411466

    申请日:1999-10-01

    IPC分类号: G06F700

    摘要: A zero anticipation mechanism for an arithmetic unit 42 of a processing engine includes an array of cells 420, 430 interconnected to produce an ordered sequence of intermediate anticipation signals. The array of cells includes cells connected to receive intermediate result signals from the arithmetic unit, cells for forwarding an intermediate anticipation signal supplied thereto, and cells for generating a combination of first intermediate anticipation signals and second intermediate anticipation signals supplied thereto. The zero anticipation mechanism implements a zero look-ahead mechanism which can predict a zero result 479 prior to the arithmetic unit completing an arithmetic operation.

    摘要翻译: 用于处理引擎的运算单元42的零预期机制包括互连的单元阵列420,430,以产生中间预期信号的有序序列。 单元阵列包括连接以从运算单元接收中间结果信号的单元,用于转发提供给其的中间预期信号的单元,以及用于产生提供给其的第一中间预期信号和第二中间预期信号的组合的单元。 零预期机制实现零预先机制,其可以在算术单元完成算术运算之前预测零结果479。

    Rounding mechanisms in processors
    3.
    发明授权
    Rounding mechanisms in processors 有权
    处理器中的四舍五入机制

    公开(公告)号:US07047272B2

    公开(公告)日:2006-05-16

    申请号:US09411186

    申请日:1999-10-01

    IPC分类号: G06F7/38 G06F7/00

    摘要: An arithmetic unit, for example a multiply and accumulate (MAC) unit 42, for a processing engine includes a partial product reduction tree 480. The partial product reduction tree will generate carry results and provides a final output to a final adder 470 connected to the partial production reduction tree. Unbiased rounding logic 476 is provided. A carry propagation tree is responsive to the carry results for anticipating a zero on each of N least significant bits of the final adder. When zero is anticipated on each of N least significant bits of the final adder, the carry propagation tree is operable to generate an output signal 477 which is used by the unbiased rounding stage to force the (N+1)th least significant bit of the final adder to zero. Through the use of a carry propagation tree to predict, or anticipate zeros on the N least significant bits, unbiased rounding can be effected without a time penalty in that a carry propagation tree can be configured to be at least a rapid as the carry propagation of the final adder. Where a zero anticipation function is provided, this can also be mapped onto the carry propagation tree, thus providing an efficient hardware implementation through sharing of that hardware between functions.

    摘要翻译: 用于处理引擎的运算单元,例如乘法和累加(MAC)单元42包括部分乘积减少树480.部分乘积减少树将产生进位结果,并将最终输出提供给连接到 部分减产树。 提供无偏差的舍入逻辑476。 进位传播树响应于进位结果,以预测最终加法器的N个最低有效位中的每一个上的零。 当预期在最终加法器的N个最低有效位中的每一个零时,进位传播树可操作以产生输出信号477,该输出信号由无偏差舍入级用来强制第(N + 1)个最低有效位 最终加法器为零。 通过使用进位传播树来预测或预测N个最低有效位上的零,可以实现无偏差舍入,而不会造成时间损失,因为进位传播树可以被配置为至少一个快速的进位传播, 最后的加法器。 在提供零预期功能的情况下,这也可以被映射到进位传播树上,从而通过在功能之间共享该硬件来提供有效的硬件实现。