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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2018
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Generating data structures for computer memory. Provisional data structures are generated that respectively have (i) a significand with an initial value of zero and (ii) an exponent that is included in a range of exponents. A test data structure from a provisional data structure by modifying a significand of the first provisional data structure using a significand of a floating-point number such that the significand of the first provisional data structure has a non-zero value. Modifying at least one provisional data structure based on a content of the test data structure. Generating a new data structure that represents the contents of a plurality of provisional-data structures. The plurality of provisional data structures includes at least one provisional data structure that was modified to include the significands of at least two floating-point numbers. The new data structure represents a value that is expressible by a limited number of memory bits.