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Improvements in floating point addition/subtraction operations

Patent ·
OSTI ID:6101400

Apparatus is described for decreasing the latency time associated with floating point addition and subtraction in a computer, using a novel bifurcated, pre-normalization/post-normalization approach that distinguishes between differences of floating point exponents.

DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-48
Assignee:
Dept of Energy
Patent Number(s):
None
Application Number:
ON: TI85006009
OSTI ID:
6101400
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English