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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2003
Sang Hoo Dhong, Austin, TX (US);
Silvia Melitta Mueller, St. Ingbert, DE;
Hiroo Nishikawa, Shiga, JP;
Hwa-joon OH, Austin, TX (US);
Sang Hoo Dhong, Austin, TX (US);
Silvia Melitta Mueller, St. Ingbert, DE;
Hiroo Nishikawa, Shiga, JP;
Hwa-Joon Oh, Austin, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
In a first aspect, a method is provided for determining in which of n intervals a sum of two or more numbers resides. The method includes determining the two or more numbers, and providing fewer than n compress circuits each adapted to (1) input the two or more numbers; (2) input range information regarding ranges used to define the n intervals; and (3) compress the two or more numbers and the range information into two or more outputs. The method further includes employing the fewer than n compress circuits to determine in which of the n intervals the sum of the two or more numbers resides. Numerous other aspects are provided.