Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Processing method and computer system for summation of floating point data
- Patent Title (中): 浮点数据求和的处理方法和计算机系统
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Application No.: US11475048Application Date: 2006-06-27
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Publication No.: US07873688B2Publication Date: 2011-01-18
- Inventor: Junichi Inagaki , Masao Koyabu , Hiroaki Ishihata
- Applicant: Junichi Inagaki , Masao Koyabu , Hiroaki Ishihata
- Applicant Address: JP Kawasaki
- Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
- Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kawasaki
- Agency: Staas & Halsey LLP
- Priority: JP2006-080535 20060323
- Main IPC: G06F7/42
- IPC: G06F7/42 ; G06F7/38 ; G06F15/16

Abstract:
A computer system execute summation processing even if the computing sequence is not adhered to in a system for computing a sum of floating point data of a plurality of nodes. Each node sends floating point data to a reduction mechanism, and the reduction mechanism computes the sums only for a group of which exponent sections have a highest value and a group of which exponent sections have a second highest value, and adds the sum of the group of which the exponent sections have a highest value and the sum of the group of which the exponent sections have a second highest value. By this, the consistency of the computation result can be guaranteed even if the sum is computed regardless the computing sequence of the values.
Public/Granted literature
- US20070226288A1 Processing method and computer system for summation of floating point data Public/Granted day:2007-09-27
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