Title: System and method for converting from decimal floating point into scaled binary coded decimal
Application Number: 200610128191 Application Date: 2006.09.06
Publication Number: 1945981 Publication Date: 2007.04.11
Approval Pub. Date: Granted Pub. Date:
International Classifi-cation: H03M7/02
Applicant(s) Name: IBM Address:
Inventor(s) Name: Carlough Steven R.;Schwarz Eric M.;Veneracion Sher
Attorney & Agent: liying
Abstract:
    A system and method for converting from decimal floating point (DFP) into scaled binary coded decimal (SBCD). The system includes a mechanism for receiving a DFP number. The system also includes at least one of a mechanism for performing coefficient expansion on the DFP number to create a binary coded decimal (BCD) coefficient part of a SBCD number and a mechanism for performing exponent extraction on the DFP number to create an exponent part of the SBCD number.
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