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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2013
Applicant:
Cadence Design Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
William A. Huffman, Los Gatos, CA (US);
David H. C. Chen, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/483 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/483 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method is provided to narrow down the exponent range throughout most part of the division and square root calculations, to make both software assistance and precision extension unnecessary. The method adjusts the exponent at the end of the calculation to reach IEEE-754 results.