This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/014,455, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,026,403, titled “A Method And Apparatus For Simultaneously Performing Arithmetic On Two Or More Pairs Of Operands” by Stuart F. Oberman, Ravikrishna Cherukuri and Ming Siu filed on Jan. 28, 1998 and U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/049,854, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,038,583 titled “Method And Apparatus For Simultaneously Multiplying Two Or More Independent Pairs Of Operands And Calculating A Rounded Products” by Stuart Oberman and Ming Siu filed on Mar. 27, 1998.
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Parent | 09/049854 | Mar 1998 | US |
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Parent | 09/014455 | Jan 1998 | US |
Child | 09/049854 | US |