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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2014
Applicant:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Toru Sano, Kawasaki Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/48 (2006.01); G06F 7/499 (2006.01); G06F 7/535 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/4991 (2013.01); G06F 7/49921 (2013.01); G06F 7/535 (2013.01);
Abstract
In an embodiment, a division circuit has an overflow determination circuit configured to determine whether or not a division result overflows by comparing absolute values of a dividend and a divisor, a replacement circuit configured to replace the dividend with a first value and replace the divisor with a second value when the overflow determination circuit determines that the division result overflows, and a stepwise division circuit configured to perform stepwise division on the dividend and the divisor or the first value and the second value.