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Leading zero anticipator (LZA) is a building block for performing faster floating-point addition/normalisation. LZA was first proposed in the IBM RISC system/6000 processor to accelerate normalisation after the addition stage of the MAF operation.[1]

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  1. ^ Hokenek, E; Montoye, R. K. (1990). "Leading-zero anticipator (LZA) in the IBM RISC System/6000 floating-point execution unit". IBM Journal of Research and Development. 34 (1): 71–77. doi:10.1147/rd.341.0071.