Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Decimal multi-precision overflow and tininess detection
- Patent Title (中): 十进制多精度溢出和检测
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Application No.: US13686135Application Date: 2012-11-27
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Publication No.: US09128759B2Publication Date: 2015-09-08
- Inventor: Steven R. Carlough , Adam B. Collura , Michael K. Kroener , Silvia M. Mueller
- Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: VanLeeuwen & VanLeeuwen
- Agent Thomas E. Tyson
- Main IPC: G06F7/494
- IPC: G06F7/494 ; G06F7/491
Abstract:
An approach is provided in which a processor includes an adder that concurrently generates one or more intermediate results and a boundary indicator based upon instructions retrieved from a memory area. The boundary indicator indicates whether a collective result generated from the intermediate results is within a boundary precision value.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140149481A1 Decimal Multi-Precision Overflow and Tininess Detection Public/Granted day:2014-05-29
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