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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2008
Applicants:
Joshua M. Weinberg, Bronx, NY (US);
Martin S. Schmookler, Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
Joshua M. Weinberg, Bronx, NY (US);
Martin S. Schmookler, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/552 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method, system and computer program product for verifying a result of a floating point square root operation is provided. The method includes: receiving a result of a floating point square root operation for an operand; performing a comparison of a magnitude of a least significant bit (LSB) of the operand and a magnitude of a most significant bit (MSB) of a remainder; and determining whether the result is correct based on the comparison.