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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2020
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Eric Mark Schwarz, Gardiner, NY (US);
Martin Stanley Schmookler, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/499 (2006.01); G06F 9/30 (2018.01); G06F 7/491 (2006.01); G06F 7/483 (2006.01); G06F 17/10 (2006.01); G06F 7/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/49957 (2013.01); G06F 7/386 (2013.01); G06F 7/483 (2013.01); G06F 7/491 (2013.01); G06F 7/49915 (2013.01); G06F 7/49963 (2013.01); G06F 7/49968 (2013.01); G06F 7/49973 (2013.01); G06F 7/49978 (2013.01); G06F 7/49984 (2013.01); G06F 9/30014 (2013.01); G06F 17/10 (2013.01); H05K 999/00 (2013.01); H05K 999/99 (2013.01); G06F 7/49947 (2013.01);
Abstract
An instruction is executed in round-for-reround mode wherein the permissible resultant value that is closest to and no greater in magnitude than the infinitely precise result is selected. If the selected value is not exact and the units digit of the selected value is either 0 or 5, then the digit is incremented by one and the selected value is delivered. In all other cases, the selected value is delivered.