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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2007
Applicants:
Ashraf Ahmed, Austin, TX (US);
Kelvin Domnic Goveas, Austin, TX (US);
Michael Clark, Austin, TX (US);
Jelena Ilic, Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
Ashraf Ahmed, Austin, TX (US);
Kelvin Domnic Goveas, Austin, TX (US);
Michael Clark, Austin, TX (US);
Jelena Ilic, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/302 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A technique of operating a processor includes determining whether a floating point unit (FPU) of the processor is to operate in a full-bit mode or a reduced-bit mode. An instruction is fetched and the instruction is decoded into a single operation, when the full-bit mode is indicated, or multiple operations, when the reduced-bit mode is indicated.