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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 1993
Filed:
Jul. 10, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Allen Lyu, Milpitas, CA (US);
Charles Stearns, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
LSI Logic Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
364748 ; 364754 ;
Abstract
A pipelined floating point multiplier is disclosed having the capability of interleaving floating point multiplication with iterative floating point operations (calculations), such as division and square-root taking, by making use of idle stages (pipeline bubbles). This is accomplished with minimal additional circuitry over that required for conventional floating-point multipliers, and does not adversely affect the speed of iterative calculations. Method and apparatus are disclosed.