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Number: 708/513
Name: Electrical computers: arithmetic processing and calculating > Electrical digital calculating computer > Particular function performed > Arithmetical operation > Floating point > Variable length or precision
Description: Subject matter wherein the numerical digits which constitute an operand are of selectable length or provide more detail.


Patents under this class:

Patent Number Title Of Patent Date Issued
7483936 Calculating unit Jan. 27, 2009
7472051 Dependable microcontroller, method for designing a dependable microcontroller and computer program product therefor Dec. 30, 2008
7397399 Method and device for transcoding N-bit words into M-bit words with M smaller N Jul. 8, 2008
7047271 DSP execution unit for efficient alternate modes for processing multiple data sizes May. 16, 2006
7043518 Method and system for performing parallel integer multiply accumulate operations on packed data May. 9, 2006
7039906 Compiler for enabling multiple signed independent data elements per register May. 2, 2006
6854001 Apparatus and method for simultaneously displaying a number along with its number of significant figures Feb. 8, 2005
6681236 Method of performing operations with a variable arithmetic Jan. 20, 2004
6629231 System and method for efficient register file conversion of denormal numbers between scalar and SIMD formats Sep. 30, 2003
6564238 Data processing apparatus and method for performing different word-length arithmetic operations May. 13, 2003
6557096 Processors with data typer and aligner selectively coupling data bits of data buses to adder and multiplier functional blocks to execute instructions with flexible data types Apr. 29, 2003
6523057 High-speed digital accumulator with wide dynamic range Feb. 18, 2003
6463525 Merging single precision floating point operands Oct. 8, 2002
6460135 Data type conversion based on comparison of type information of registers and execution result Oct. 1, 2002
6311199 Sign extension unit Oct. 30, 2001
6253299 Virtual cache registers with selectable width for accommodating different precision data formats Jun. 26, 2001
6163764 Emulation of an instruction set on an instruction set architecture transition Dec. 19, 2000
6138135 Propagating NaNs during high precision calculations using lesser precision hardware Oct. 24, 2000
6094719 Reducing data dependent conflicts by converting single precision instructions into microinstructions using renamed phantom registers in a processor having double precision registers Jul. 25, 2000
6049865 Method and apparatus for implementing floating point projection instructions Apr. 11, 2000
6044392 Method and apparatus for performing rounding in a data processor Mar. 28, 2000
5896543 Digital signal processor architecture Apr. 20, 1999
5809292 Floating point for simid array machine Sep. 15, 1998
5740093 128-bit register file and 128-bit floating point load and store for quadruple precision compatibility Apr. 14, 1998
5631859 Floating point arithmetic unit having logic for quad precision arithmetic May. 20, 1997
5619439 Shared hardware for multiply, divide, and square root exponent calculation Apr. 8, 1997
5602769 Method and apparatus for partially supporting subnormal operands in floating point multiplication Feb. 11, 1997
5523961 Converting biased exponents from single/double precision to extended precision without requiring an adder Jun. 4, 1996
5301139 Shifter circuit for multiple precision division Apr. 5, 1994
5268855 Common format for encoding both single and double precision floating point numbers Dec. 7, 1993
5182723 Computing method of floating-point represented data Jan. 26, 1993
4953119 Multiplier circuit with selectively interconnected pipelined multipliers for selectively multiplication of fixed and floating point numbers Aug. 28, 1990
4901267 Floating point circuit with configurable number of multiplier cycles and variable divide cycle ratio Feb. 13, 1990
4901268 Multiple function data processor Feb. 13, 1990
4884231 Microprocessor system with extended arithmetic logic unit Nov. 28, 1989
4847802 Method and apparatus for identifying the precision of an operand in a multiprecision floating-point processor Jul. 11, 1989
4839846 Apparatus for performing floating point arithmetic operations and rounding the result thereof Jun. 13, 1989
4788655 Condition code producing system Nov. 29, 1988
4780842 Cellular processor apparatus capable of performing floating point arithmetic operations Oct. 25, 1988
4768160 Arithmetic unit with simple overflow detection system Aug. 30, 1988
4760551 Operation unit for floating point data with variable exponent-part length Jul. 26, 1988
4758973 Apparatus for processing floating-point data having exponents of a variable length Jul. 19, 1988
4758975 Data processor capable of processing floating point data with exponent part of fixed or variable length Jul. 19, 1988
4748580 Multi-precision fixed/floating-point processor May. 31, 1988
4675809 Data processing system for floating point data having a variable length exponent part Jun. 23, 1987
4617641 Operation unit for floating point data having a variable length exponent part Oct. 14, 1986
4161784 Microprogrammable floating point arithmetic unit capable of performing arithmetic operations on long and short operands Jul. 17, 1979



 
 
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