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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 1992
Filed:
Jun. 27, 1991
Klaus K Maass, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
David T Shen, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corp., Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for converting a multidigit decimal number into a binary number. In a preferred embodiment, the apparatus includes a register for holding the multidigit decimal number; first conversion logic, coupled to the register, for simultaneously converting a first pair of decimal digits in the multidigit decimal number, into a first binary representation and second conversion logic, coupled to said first conversion logic and the register, for simultaneously converting a second pair of decimal digits in the multidigit decimal number and the first binary representation into a second binary representation of a decimal number defined by the first and second pair of decimal digits.