Patent Document ID: 6078938
Application ID: 08657471
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A system for generating a plurality of output signals that represents a solution to a linear system of equations, comprising: means for receiving a plurality of coefficient signals representing a matrix; means for receiving a plurality of input signals representing an approximate solution to the linear system of equations; log means for converting the plurality of input signals and the plurality of coefficient signals into a plurality of log signals; means for summing the plurality of log signals to produce a plurality of sum signals; means for converting the plurality of sum signals into a plurality of inverse-log signals; means for generating a plurality of approximate solution signals in response to the inverse-log signals; feedback means for providing the approximate solution signals to the log means; and means for determining whether a predetermined stopping criteria is satisfied; means for generating the plurality of output signals by executing a sequence of computer program instructions for performing an iterative technique of solving linear systems, the iterative technique performing a plurality of arithmetic operations based upon the plurality on the inverse-log signals, the generating means repeating the iterative technique until the predetermined stopping criteria is satisfied.