Floating Point Addition
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus to perform floating point addition are described. In one embodiment, a plurality of operands are formatted into a common format and combined (e.g., added or subtracted). Other embodiments are also described.
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50 Claims
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1-20. -20. (canceled)
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21. A processor comprising:
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a first logic to convert a first operand from a first format into a second format; and a second logic to combine a portion of the converted first operand with a portion of a second operand that is in the second format. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A method comprising:
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modifying a plurality of operands into a same format; and combining a plurality of mantissas corresponding to the modified plurality of operands. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. A system comprising:
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a memory to store data; a first logic to fetch an opcode, a first operand, and a second operand from the memory; a second logic to modify the first operand and the second operand into a same format; and a third logic to align one of the first or second operands in accordance with a comparison of a first exponent corresponding to the first operand and a second exponent corresponding to the second operand. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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