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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2006

Filed:

Oct. 11, 2001
Applicants:

Williams Ludwell Harrison, Iii, Brookline, MA (US);

Cotton Seed, Brookline, MA (US);

Inventors:

Williams Ludwell Harrison, III, Brookline, MA (US);

Cotton Seed, Brookline, MA (US);

Assignee:

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/45 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method and system for type demotion of expressions and variables by bitwise propagation is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method, comprises determining when an operation on a larger data type may be replaced by the operation on a smaller data type having a reduced precision, wherein the operation is contained in code associated with a language implementation system; and replacing the operation on the larger data type by the operation on the smaller data type.


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