3-stack floorplan for floating point unit

Details 3-stack floorplan for floating point unit 3-stack floorplan for floating point unit

2008-08-29

2011-10-04

Chiang, Jack (Department: 2825)

Computer-aided design and analysis of circuits and semiconductor

Integrated circuit design processing

Physical design processing

C716S118000

Reexamination Certificate

active

08032854

ABSTRACT:
A 3-stack floorplan for a floating point unit includes: an aligner located in the center of the floating point unit; a frontend located directly above the aligner; a multiplier located directly below the frontend and next to the aligner; an adder located directly next to the multiplier and directly below the aligner; a normalizer located directly above the adder; and a rounder located directly above the normalizer.

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