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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2020
Applicant:
Groq, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventor:
Christopher Aaron Clark, Madison, WI (US);
Assignee:
Groq, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/523 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/523 (2013.01); G06F 2207/3812 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure pertain to multimodal digital multiplier circuits and methods. In one embodiment, partial product outputs of digital multiplication circuits are selectively inverted based on a mode control signal. The mode control signal may be set based on a format of the operands input to the multiplier. Example embodiments of the disclosure may multiply combinations of signed and unsigned input operands using different modes.