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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2001
Applicant:
Stephen Clark Purcell, Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventor:
Stephen Clark Purcell, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
Pasternak Solutions LLC, Los Altos, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus, method and computer program product for processing a binary floating-point number having a sign bit and a mantissa having a fraction portion. It includes identifying the fraction portion of the binary floating-point number; and replacing each bit of the fraction portion with the sign bit, thereby producing a floor of the binary floating-point number.