Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for Performing Floating-Point Operations Using An Expanded-Range Floating- Point Format In Processor Devices

MUMBAI, India, July 24 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202647085642 A) filed by Qualcomm Incorporated on July 13, 2026, for Performing Floating-Point Operations Using An Expanded-Range Floating- Point Format In Processor Devices.

Inventor includes Gruber, Andrew Evan.

The application for the patent was published on July 17, 2026, under issue no. 29/2026.

Abstract: Performing floating-point operations using an expanded-range floating-point format in processor devices is disclosed herein. In some aspects, a processor device comprises a floating-point unit (FPU) that is configured to perform a floating-point operation using one or more floating-point values interpreted by the FPU according to an expanded-r...