FLOATING POINT INSTRUCTION FORMAT WITH EMBEDDED ROUNDING RULE

FLOATING POINT INSTRUCTION FORMAT WITH EMBEDDED ROUNDING RULE

A processor including a first storage to store a first data item, a second storage, and an execution unit comprising a logic circuit encoding an instruction, the instruction comprising a first field to store an identifier of the first storage, a second field to store an identifier of the second stor...

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Hauptverfasser: MOUDGILL, Mayan, HURTLEY, Paul, BALZOLA, Pablo, SENTHILVELAN, Murugappan, RAMADURAI, Vaidyanathan Thevangudi
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
PHYSICS
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Zusammenfassung:A processor including a first storage to store a first data item, a second storage, and an execution unit comprising a logic circuit encoding an instruction, the instruction comprising a first field to store an identifier of the first storage, a second field to store an identifier of the second storage, and a third field to store an identifier representing a rounding rule, wherein the execution unit is to execute the instruction to generate a second data item based on the first data item, round the second data item according to the rounding rule specified by the instruction, and store the rounded second data item in the second storage.