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14 years ago

miniproject

i got a title for miniproject like this,, question-Develop a VHDL model for an accumulator that calculates the sum of a sequence of fixed-point numbers. Each input number is signed with 4 pre-bina...
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14 years ago

It is better to do '+' operation and then truncate the result than truncate terms and then do '+' operation

in this case, it is less obvious since new_sum and sum get the same size.

Rigorously, it is different.

Think schematic.

may the force be with you :-)