DETECTION OF POTENTIAL NEED TO USE A LARGER DATA FORMAT IN PERFORMING FLOATING POINT OPERATIONS
Patent №
US 8,560,591
Granted
2013-10-15
Filed 2007
Owner
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Lab
AI components
1
hardware
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
11740165
Detection of whether a result of a floating point operation is safe. Characteristics of the result are examined to determine whether the result is safe or potentially unsafe, as defined by the user. An instruction is provided to facilitate detection of safe or potentially unsafe results.
AI classification
Ownership
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
assignment · 192380345
Assignors
LUNDVALL, SHAWN D., SMITH, RONALD M., SR., YEH, PHIL C.
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