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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2015
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Changmoo Kim, Seoul, KR;
Hyeongseok Yu, Seoul, KR;
Soojung Ryu, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Yeongon Cho, Hwaseong-si, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Abstract
Provided are a method of controlling a range of representable numbers includes receiving a floating point value represented by an exponent and a mantissa, each represented by a predetermined numbers of bits, determining a bit configuration of the exponent and the mantissa of the floating point value based on a value of a most significant bit of the exponent of the floating point value, and determining a constant required for calculation of the floating point value according to the determined bit configuration of the exponent, and an apparatus for providing such a method.