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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 1984
Filed:
Jun. 11, 1981
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jonathan S Blau, Natick, MA (US);
James B Stein, Marlboro, MA (US);
Assignee:
Data General Corporation, Westboro, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
364748 ; 364736 ;
Abstract
A data processing system using separate fixed point and floating point computation units and a single control store means for controlling the operations of both units, the units being responsive to commonly shared control fields of the microinstructions supplied from the control store means during their respective operations. The floating point unit can provide single or double precision results, an additional control field of the microinstructions identifying which result is required.