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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2020
Filed:
May. 09, 2018
Applicant:
Cambricon Technologies Corporation Limited, Beijing, CN;
Inventors:
Assignee:
CAMBRICON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION LIMITED, Beijing, CN;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 5/01 (2006.01); H03M 7/24 (2006.01); G06F 7/57 (2006.01); G06F 7/483 (2006.01); G06F 9/30 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 7/24 (2013.01); G06F 7/4833 (2013.01); G06F 7/57 (2013.01); G06F 9/30025 (2013.01);
Abstract
Aspects for converting floating-point numbers in a processor are described herein. As an example, the aspects may include receiving, by a floating-point number converter, an exponent bit length, a base value, and one or more first floating-point numbers of a first bit length. Further, the aspects may include calculating, by the floating-point number converter, one or more second floating-point numbers of a second bit length based on the exponent bit length and the base value, the one or more second floating-point numbers respectively corresponding to the one or more first floating-point numbers.