Patent ID: 6317764
Filing Date: 2001-11-13
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A system that computes transcendental functions, said system comprising:a multiply-add element that operates to compute a product of a pair of multiplicands summed with an addend, said multiply-add element having a first pipeline stage comprising a carry save adder circuit and a second pipeline stage comprising a carry look ahead adder circuit; andprocessing circuitry that operates to: (i) input a set of operands representing a first subsequence of terms to said multiply-add element, so that said multiply-add element operates to determine a first subtotal for a convergent series; (ii) input a set of operands representing a second subsequence of terms to said multiply-add element, so that said multiply-add element operates to determine a second subtotal for said convergent series; and (iii) adds said first subtotal and said second subtotal.