Load exploitation and improved pipelineability of hardware instructions
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsRobert F. Enenkel, Christopher Anand, Adele Olejarz, Lucas Dutton
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AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsRobert F. Enenkel, Christopher Anand, Adele Olejarz, Lucas Dutton
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A method, computer program product, and a computer system are disclosed for processing information using hardware instructions in a processor of a computer system by performing a hardware reduction instruction using an input to calculate at least one range reduction factor of the input; performing a hardware restoration instruction using the input to calculate at least one range restoration factor of the input; and performing a final fused multiply add (FMA) type of hardware instruction or a multiply (FM) hardware instruction by combining an approximation based on a value reduced by the at least one range reduction factor with the at least one range restoration factor.
A computer system having one or more processors, the system configured to:
A computer program product comprising:
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