Digital Arithmetic

CHAPTER I

Review of Basic Number

Representations and

Arithmetic Algorithms

In this chapter we briefly review basic number representations and algorithms

used in digital arithmetic. The treatment is very concise; readers that need a more

detailed review should consult some of the references listed at the end of the

chapter. More advanced algorithms as well as the implementations are the topic

of later chapters.

1.1

Digital Arithmetic and Arithmetic Units

Digital arithmetic encompasses the study of number representations, algorithms

for operations on numbers, implementations of arithmetic units in hardware, and

their use in general-purpose ...