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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2021
Imagination Technologies Limited, Kings Langley, GB;
Thomas Ferrere, Hertfordshire, GB;
Imagination Technologies Limited, Kings Langley, GB;
Abstract
A method and system for processing a set of 'k' floating point numbers to perform addition and/or subtraction is disclosed. Each floating-point number comprises a mantissa (m) and an exponent (e). The method comprises receiving the set of ‘k’ floating point numbers in a first format, each floating-point number in the first format comprising a mantissa (m) with a bit-length of ‘b’ bits. The method further comprises creating a set of ‘k’ numbers (y) based on the mantissas of the ‘k’ floating-point numbers, the numbers having a bit-length of ‘n’ bits obtained by adding both extra most-significant bits and extra least-significant bits to the bit length ‘b’ of the mantissa (m). The method includes identifying a maximum exponent (e) among the exponents e, aligning the magnitude bits of the numbers (y) based on the maximum exponent (e) and processing the set of ‘k’ numbers concurrently.