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Re: Fw: questions


Re: Fw: questions

From: Robert Dick <dickrp_at_avoiding.spam>
Date: Wed Dec 10 2008 - 16:39:08 EST

> CLA
> In the slides for Carry Lookahead Adder, the equations are
>
> cin1 = Go + Po cout0
> cin2 = G1 + P1 cout1 = G1 + P1G0 + P1P0 cout0
> etc
>
> Shouldn't it be this:
> cin1 = Go + Po cin0
> cin2 = G1 + P1 cin1 = G1 + P1G0 + P1P0 cin0

Yes, it should. I fixed that slide (cout->cin) and reposted to the website.

> Multipliers
> In the Cascaded Carry Lookahead diagram, are the four 4-bit adders CLAs as
> well? If not, they can be right?

They can be CLAs or even CSAs.

> There is an example of a 2x2 sequential multiplier. If we were to build a
> 3x3 sequential multiplier, all we'd have to do is add one of each component
> right? For instance, add a D-flip flop for each operand and for the
> sum-storage, add an AND gate, and add a FA.

Right. How much longer would it take to finish computing?

-Robert Dick-
Received on Wed Dec 10 15:39:08 2008

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