Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus and method for detection and correction of denormal speculative floating point operand
- Patent Title (中): 用于非正常投机浮点运算的检测和校正的装置和方法
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Application No.: US12793821Application Date: 2010-06-04
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Publication No.: US08495343B2Publication Date: 2013-07-23
- Inventor: G. Glenn Henry , Gerard M. Col , Timothy A. Elliott , Rodney E. Hooker , Terry Parks
- Applicant: G. Glenn Henry , Gerard M. Col , Timothy A. Elliott , Rodney E. Hooker , Terry Parks
- Applicant Address: TW New Taipei
- Assignee: VIA Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee: VIA Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: TW New Taipei
- Agent Gary Stanford; James W. Huffman
- Main IPC: G06F9/00
- IPC: G06F9/00

Abstract:
A microprocessor includes a plurality of execution units configured to receive instructions and operands thereof and to execute the instructions. An instruction scheduler issues the instructions to the execution units and selects sources of the instruction operands. At least one of the execution units detects one of the operands of one of the instructions is a denormal operand, generates an indication that the instruction needs to be replayed in response to detecting the denormal operand, and provides the denormal operand to the instruction scheduler in response to detecting the denormal operand, rather than normalizing the denormal operand. The instruction scheduler normalizes the denormal operand, in response to the indication, and causes the normalized operand, rather than the denormal operand, to be provided to the execution unit when the instruction is replayed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110060943A1 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTION AND CORRECTION OF DENORMAL SPECULATIVE FLOATING POINT OPERAND Public/Granted day:2011-03-10
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