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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2023
Graphcore Limited, Bristol, GB;
Alan Alexander, Wotton-under-Edge, GB;
Simon Knowles, Corston, GB;
Stephen Felix, Bristol, GB;
Carlo Luschi, Oxford, GB;
Badreddine Noune, Bristol, GB;
Mrudula Gore, Bath, GB;
Godfrey Da Costa, Bristol, GB;
Edward Andrews, Bristol, GB;
Dominic Masters, Bristol, GB;
GRAPHCORE LIMITED, Bristol, GB;
Abstract
A processing device comprising: a control register configured to store a scaling factor; at least one execution unit configured to execute instructions to perform arithmetic operations on input floating-point numbers provided according to a first floating-point format, wherein each of the input floating-point numbers provided according to the first floating-point format comprises a predetermined number of bits, wherein the at least one execution unit is configured to, in response to execution of an instance of a first of the instructions: perform processing of a first set of the input floating-point numbers to generate a result value, the result value provided in a further format and comprising more the predetermined number of bits, enabling representation of a greater range of values than is representable in the first floating-point format; and apply the scaling factor specified in the control register to increase or decrease an exponent of the result value.