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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2014
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Alex Pineiro, Barcelona, ES;
Thomas D. Fletcher, Portland, OR (US);
Brian J. Hickmann, Sherwood, OR (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A semiconductor chip is described having a functional unit that can execute a first instruction and execute a second instruction. The first instruction is an instruction that multiplies two operands. The second instruction is an instruction that approximates a function according to CCXCX. The functional unit has a multiplier circuit. The multiplier circuit has: i) a first input to receive bits of a first operand of the first instruction and receive bits of a Cterm of the second instruction; ii) a second input to receive bits of a second operand of the first instruction and receive bits of a Xterm of the second instruction.