Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Efficiently determining a floor for a floating-point number
- Patent Title (中): 有效地确定浮点数的楼层
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Application No.: US11302948Application Date: 2005-12-13
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Publication No.: US07676536B1Publication Date: 2010-03-09
- Inventor: Stephen Clark Purcell
- Applicant: Stephen Clark Purcell
- Agency: McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP
- Main IPC: G06F7/38
- IPC: G06F7/38
Abstract:
An apparatus, method and computer program product for processing a binary floating-point number having a sign bit and a mantissa having a fraction portion. It includes identifying the fraction portion of the binary floating-point number; and replacing each bit of the fraction portion with the sign bit, thereby producing a floor of the binary floating-point number.
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