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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2008
Joshua M. Weinberg, Bronx, NY (US);
Martin S. Schmookler, Austin, TX (US);
Joshua M. Weinberg, Bronx, NY (US);
Martin S. Schmookler, Austin, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method, computer program product and a system for controlling a fixed point division operation are provided. The method includes: receiving an instruction to perform a division operation for a dividend and a divisor, the operation comprising a maximum number of iterations to produce a quotient having a maximum precision; calculating a magnitude of at least one of the dividend and the divisor; determining a quotient precision based on the magnitude; and computing a required number of iterations needed to produce the quotient precision and performing the number of iterations.