Processor and system to manipulate floating point and integer values in computations
AssigneeNVIDIA Corporation
InventorNiall Dunan Emmart
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Abstract
Systems and techniques to convert data value types. In at least one embodiment, data value types are converted by adjusting data floating point numbers to identify integer values and adjusting integer values to identify floating point numbers without applying mathematical operations with respect to conversions.
Claims26
A processor, comprising:
- one or more arithmetic logic units (ALUs) to cause a first floating point number to be shifted based, at least in part, on adding the first floating point number to a second floating point number that is proportional to the size of the first floating point number.
A system, comprising:
- one or more computers having one or more processors to cause a first floating point number to be shifted based, at least in part, on adding the first floating point number to a second floating point number that is proportional to the size of the first floating point number.
A machine-readable medium having stored thereon a set of instructions, which if performed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to at least shift a first floating point number based, at least in part, on adding the first floating point number to a second floating point number that is proportional to the size of the first floating point number.
A method comprising:
- shifting a first floating point number based, at least in part, on adding the first floating point number to a second floating point number that is proportional to the size of the first floating point number.
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