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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2001
Applicant:
Sebastien Ferroussat, Fontaine, FR;
Inventor:
Sebastien Ferroussat, Fontaine, FR;
Assignee:
STMicroelectronics S.A., Gentilly, FR;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An arithmetic unit for adding a plurality of values to define a result, the arithmetic unit including circuitry for receiving the plurality of values; circuitry for adding the plurality of values to define a result, the result being within a first range; circuitry for determining if the result falls within a second range, the second range being smaller than the first range, the circuitry arranged to consider only some of the bits of the result; and circuitry for modifying the result in so that the result output by said arithmetic unit falls within the second range.