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0 pointsDylan168074y ago0 comments

Are you very sure that patent would never get threatened toward a software implementation that doesn't know anything about cycles?

If so then the technique in the post isn't actually patented.

If that C code would get threatened, then the 1 cycle thing is a red herring.

Also "Doing this in 1 cycle while reusing already existing function units"? In hardware you can use a normal adder without any special technique...

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I've already said twice now that it's not patent-worthy, so it seems we're in agreement on that point.

That's a response to you calling it clever.

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0 pointsDylan168074y ago0 comments

Are you very sure that patent would never get threatened toward a software implementation that doesn't know anything about cycles?

If so then the technique in the post isn't actually patented.

If that C code would get threatened, then the 1 cycle thing is a red herring.

Also "Doing this in 1 cycle while reusing already existing function units"? In hardware you can use a normal adder without any special technique...

I've already said twice now that it's not patent-worthy, so it seems we're in agreement on that point.

That's a response to you calling it clever.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse