Program controlled rounding modes

Details Program controlled rounding modes Program controlled rounding modes

1995-03-31

1997-12-09

Mai, Tan V.

Boots, shoes, and leggings

364748, G06F 738

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056967098

ABSTRACT:
A computer system having a default floating point rounding mode that may be overridden by a rounding mode designated by an instruction. The current machine rounding mode is stored in a register, and an instruction includes a field for specifying whether rounding should be performed according to the current rounding mode or according to another rounding mode during execution thereof.

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patent: 4823260 (1989-04-01), Imel et al.

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