BINARY FLOATING POINT ARITHMETIC ROUNDING IN CONFORMANCE WITH IEEE 754-1985 STANDARD

摘要

2045662 9110189 PCTABS00006A method and a high speed processor (HSP) incorporating thatmethod are set forth for processing signals representing outputsgenerated by remainderless division algorithms (102) andremainderless square root algorithms so as to obtain rounded outputs (112)conforming to the IEEE 754-1985 binary floating point arithmeticstandard. The method and procedure of the present invention allowthe solutions of floating-point computations to be rounded suchthat sign bits, as well as binary bits, of the rounded results arein full compliance with all guidelines of the stated standard.