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12 years ago

Literature on basic arithmetic function implementations or architectures.

Hi, I am looking for literature on basic arithmetic function implementations or architectures. Like what you would find in an Arithmetic Logic Unit. I would like to know more about different im...
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12 years ago

You can look in DSP related references (see the references in this tutorial);

http://www.ovro.caltech.edu/~dwh/correlator/pdf/esc-104paper_hawkins.pdf

For general computer architecture, take a look at;

"Computer Architecture a Quantitative Approach", Hennessy and Patterson

"The art of computer programming", Knuth (there's several volumes)

eg., Patterson's book appendix A is all about computer arithmetic.

Cheers,

Dave