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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 30, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mohammad A. Abdallah, Folsom, CA (US);
Prasad Modali, El Dorado Hills, CA (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 ; G06F 7/38 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 ; G06F 7/38 ;
Abstract
A floating point arithmetic apparatus for converting numbers between an integer format and a floating point format, wherein a conversion operation requires a greater data path width than a conversion operation. The apparatus comprises right shift circuitry that receives a number in the floating point format, wherein the right shift circuitry includes additional register positions to accommodate a shift beyond a data path width required by an arithmetic operation.