Electrical computers: arithmetic processing and calculating – Electrical digital calculating computer – Particular function performed
Patent
1997-10-15
2000-03-14
Mai, Tan V.
Electrical computers: arithmetic processing and calculating
Electrical digital calculating computer
Particular function performed
708505, 708507, G06F 738, G06F 742
Patent
active
060385820
ABSTRACT:
A data processor includes an arithmetic portion incorporated in a floating point unit, in which the arithmetic portion includes a plurality of multipliers supplied mantissa part of floating point number from respectively different data input signal line group and performing mutual multiplication of supplied mantissa parts, an aligner receiving outputs of respective multipliers and performing alignment shift, an exponent processing portion for generating number of alignment shift of the aligner and an exponent before normalization on the basis of generation an exponent part of the floating point number, a multi-input adder and the exponent before normalization, reducing scale of the circuit and performing inner product operation and the like with the floating point numbers in high speed and high accuracy.
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Arakawa Fumio
Nakagawa Norio
Totsuka Yonetaro
Yamada Tetsuya
Hitachi , Ltd.
Mai Tan V.
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