Copyright by Eric Charles Quinnell 2007

Copyright

by

Eric Charles Quinnell

2007

The Dissertation Committee for Eric Charles Quinnell

certifies that this is the approved version of the following dissertation:

Floating-Point Fused Multiply-Add Architectures

Committee:

____________________________________

Earl E. Swartzlander, Jr., Supervisor

____________________________________

Jacob Abraham

____________________________________

Tony Ambler

____________________________________

Jason Arbaugh

____________________________________

Adnan Aziz

Floating-Point Fused Multiply-Add Architectures

by

Eric Charles Quinnell, B.S.E.E.; M.S.E.E.

Dissertation

Presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School of

the University of Texas at Austin

in Partial Fulfillment

of the Requirements

for the Degree of

Doctor of Philosophy

The University of Texas at Austin

May 2007

For my wife

Eres mi vida, mi alma, y mi coraz¨®n.

Acknowledgements

This work on the design and implementation of the new floating-point fused multiply-add

architectures would not be possible without the knowledge, expertise, and support of the

following people:

First and foremost

Leslie K. Quinnell, my wife ¨C for her unwavering patience, understanding, and support

throughout the lifetime of this project.

Supervisors

Dr. Earl E. Swartzlander, Jr., The University of Texas at Austin ¨C for his wisdom and

unparalleled knowledge in the field of computer arithmetic,

as well as for single-handedly convincing a student to

pursue a wild new idea.

Carl Lemonds, Advanced Micro Devices ¨C for his vast experience and expertise in the

field of x86 floating-point design, as well as his uncanny

ability to plainly identify the benefits and flaws of any idea,

without which these new architectures would never have

been conceived.

Advanced Micro Devices

Carl Lemonds

Dimitri Tan

Albert Danysh

Derek Urbaniak

The Committee

Dr. Earl E. Swartzlander, Jr.

Dr. Jacob Abraham

Dr. Tony Ambler

Dr. Adnan Aziz

Dr. Jason Arbaugh

Legal

Rick Friedman, The University of Texas at Austin

Brian Spross, Advanced Micro Devices

Antony Ng, Dillon & Yudell

Family and Friends

Leslie K. Quinnell

Don and Patricia MacIver

Charlie and Denise Quinnell

Chris and Janet King

Brig General & Mrs. Philip J. Erdle USAF (Ret)

Mrs. Marianne Quinnell

and countless others¡­

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