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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:
Jan. 30, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2014
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Michael F Cowlishaw, Coventry, GB;
Shawn D Lundvall, Midlothian, VA (US);
Ronald M Smith, Sr., Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Phil C Yeh, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Assignee:
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/30 (2006.01); G06F 9/38 (2006.01); G06F 7/491 (2006.01); G06F 9/455 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/30036 (2013.01); G06F 7/491 (2013.01); G06F 9/30003 (2013.01); G06F 9/30014 (2013.01); G06F 9/30105 (2013.01); G06F 9/3861 (2013.01); G06F 9/45504 (2013.01); G06F 2207/4911 (2013.01);
Abstract
Detection of whether a result of a floating point operation is safe. Characteristics of the result are examined to determine whether the result is safe or potentially unsafe, as defined by the user. An instruction is provided to facilitate detection of safe or potentially unsafe results.