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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2010
Filed:
May. 12, 2006
Bernard J. New, Carmel Valley, CA (US);
Jennifer Wong, Fremont, CA (US);
James M. Simkins, Park City, UT (US);
Alvin Y. Ching, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
John M. Thendean, Berkeley, CA (US);
Anna Wing Wah Wong, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Vasisht Mantra Vadi, San Jose, CA (US);
Bernard J. New, Carmel Valley, CA (US);
Jennifer Wong, Fremont, CA (US);
James M. Simkins, Park City, UT (US);
Alvin Y. Ching, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
John M. Thendean, Berkeley, CA (US);
Anna Wing Wah Wong, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Vasisht Mantra Vadi, San Jose, CA (US);
Xilinx, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
An integrated circuit (IC) for convergent rounding including: an adder circuit configured to produce a summation; a comparison circuit configured to bitwise compare the summation with an input pattern, bitwise mask the comparison using a mask, and combine the masked comparison to produce a comparison bit; and rounding circuitry for rounding the summation based at least in part on the comparison bit.