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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2005
Applicants:
Erik K. Renno, Trondheim, NO;
Ronny Pedersen, Trondheim, NO;
Oyvind Strom, Trondheim, NO;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Atmel Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus for scaling numbers comprises register means for storing an operand to be scaled, bit shifting means for performing a right shift operation on the operand, rounding means, and decision means to test for the existence of at least one of an overflow and an underflow condition.