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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 10, 1999
Michael Parks, Union City, CA (US);
Douglas M. Priest, Mountain View, CA (US);
Sun Microsystems, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
In a computer system, a method and system for verifying whether a floating-point logic unit correctly directly rounds floating-point numbers when conducting multiplication, square root, and division operations. A bit sequence that represents a directed boundary condition for a mathematical operation is identified. This sequence is then recast in terms of a series of integer equations. A recurrence is used to solve these equations to produce difficult test data. When solving the equations, any intermediate terms that exceed the computer's precision are discarded. The logic then conducts the mathematical operation under inspection using the test cases. The logic's computed value is then compared to an expected value. If the computed value equals the expected value, the logic has accurately performed the operation. If not, the logic is faulty.