Did You Know...
...that the video game, Pong, was invented by a guy who graduated at the bottom of his engineering class? Nolan Bushnell spent more time running the games at a local amusement park than he did on his studies at the University of Utah. His dreams of working for Disney's amusement empire were dashed when the company wouldn't hire him. Taking a boring job, Nolan daydreamed about electronic versions of popular games. He invented Pong, the first video game, and went on to found Atari Co.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8140607 | Method for providing a decimal multiply algorithm using a double adder A method for performing decimal multiplication including storing a multiplier and a multiplicand in operand registers, the multiplier including one or more digits. A running sum is stored in a shifter and initialized to zero. The method includes performing for each ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 7912890 | Method and apparatus for decimal number multiplication using hardware for binary number operations According to embodiments of the subject matter disclosed in this application, decimal floating-point multiplications and/or decimal fixed-point multiplications may be implemented using existing hardware for binary number operations. The implementation can be carried... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7519647 | System and method for providing a decimal multiply algorithm using a double adder A system for performing decimal multiplication including input registers for inputting a multiplier and a multiplicand. The multiplier includes one or more digits. The system also includes one or more two cycle adders and mechanism. The mechanism receives the multip... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7412476 | Decimal multiplication for superscaler processors A method for decimal multiplication in a superscaler processor comprising: obtaining a first operand and a second operand; establishing a multiplier and an effective multiplicand from the first operand and the second operand; and generating and accumulating a partia... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7167889 | Decimal multiplication for superscaler processors A method for decimal multiplication in a superscaler processor comprising: obtaining a first operand and a second operand; establishing a multiplier and an effective multiplicand from the first operand and the second operand; and generating and accumulating a partia... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7136893 | Decimal multiplication using digit recoding A system and methodology for decimal multiplication in a microprocessor comprising: a recoder configured to recode decimal digits of a first operand to a corresponding set of {−5 to +5}. The recoder also configured to recode decimal digits of a second operand to a... | 11/14/2006 |
| 6633896 | Method and system for multiplying large numbers The present invention provides a computer-implemented method for multiplying two large multiplicands. The method includes generating a plurality of partial products by multiplying each digit of the first multiplicand with each digit of the second multipli... | 10/14/2003 |
| 5214599 | Advanced dimensional processing with division The invention comprises a multi-dimensional array having an inverted, self-pruning binary tree architecture. The array is capable of doing comparative and computational tasks in one clock cycle of computer operation. The computational results of the inven... | 05/25/1993 |
| 4745569 | Decimal multiplier device and method therefor A decimal multiplier device including a register A storing the multiplier, a register B storing the multiplicand, a shifter for outputting the output of the register A as it is or after having been shifted, based on a first signal, a gate for outputting t... | 05/17/1988 |
| 4484300 | Data processor having units carry and tens carry apparatus supporting a decimal multiply operation A data processing system executes a decimal multiply instruction by storing the product of a multiplier decimal digit and a multiplicand decimal digit in a read only memory and storing partial product decimal digits in a register. The units product decima... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4041297 | Real-time multiplier with selectable number of product digits A real-time multiplier capable of providing any desired number of the most significant product digits is described. The multiplier and multiplicand are provided concurrently to the multiplier as serial digital numbers. The least significant product digit ... | 08/09/1977 |
