Lecture 9 Sept 28

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Lecture 9
Sept 28

• Chapter 3
• Arithmetic for Computers

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Arithmetic for Computers
3.1 Introduction

• Operations on integers
• Addition and subtraction
• Multiplication and division
• Dealing with overflow
• Floating-point real numbers
• Representation and operations

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Integer Addition

• Example 7 6

3.2 Addition and Subtraction

• Overflow if result out of range
• Adding ve and ve operands, no overflow
• Adding two ve operands
• Overflow if result sign is 1
• Adding two ve operands
• Overflow if result sign is 0

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Integer Subtraction

• Add negation of second operand
• Example 7 6 7 (6)
• 7 0000 0000 0000 01116 1111 1111 1111
  10101 0000 0000 0000 0001
• Overflow if result out of range
• Subtracting two ve or two ve operands, no
  overflow
• Subtracting ve from ve operand
• Overflow if result sign is 0
• Subtracting ve from ve operand
• Overflow if result sign is 1

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Dealing with Overflow

• Some languages (e.g., C) ignore overflow
• Use MIPS addu, addui, subu instructions
• Other languages (e.g., Ada, Fortran) require
  raising an exception
• Use MIPS add, addi, sub instructions
• On overflow, invoke exception handler
• Save PC in exception program counter (EPC)
  register
• Jump to predefined handler address
• mfc0 (move from coprocessor reg) instruction can
  retrieve EPC value, to return after corrective
  action

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Twos-Complement Addition and Subtraction
Binary adder used as 2s-complement
adder/subtractor.
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Simple Adders
Digit-set interpretation 0, 1 0, 1
0, 2 0, 1
Digit-set interpretation 0, 1 0, 1 0,
1 0, 2 0, 1
Binary half-adder (HA) and full-adder (FA).
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Full-Adder Implementations
Full adder implemented with two half-adders, by
means of two 4-input multiplexers, and as
two-level gate network.
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Ripple-Carry Adder Slow But Simple
Ripple-carry binary adder with 32-bit inputs
and output.
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Carry Propagation Networks
gi xi yi pi xi ? yi
The main part of an adder is the carry network.
The rest is just a set of gates to produce the g
and p signals and the sum bits.
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Carry-Lookahead Logic with 4-Bit Block
Blocks needed in the design of carry-lookahead
adders with four-way grouping of bits.
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Another Speed-Up Method Carry Select
Allows doubling of adder width with a single-mux
additional delay
Carry-select addition circuit
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Arithmetic for Multimedia

• Graphics and media processing operates on vectors
  of 8-bit and 16-bit data
• Use 64-bit adder, with partitioned carry chain
• Operate on 88-bit, 416-bit, or 232-bit vectors
• SIMD (single-instruction, multiple-data)
• Saturating operations
• On overflow, result is largest representable
  value
• c.f. 2s-complement modulo arithmetic
• E.g., clipping in audio, saturation in video

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Shift-Add Multiplication
Multiplication of 4-bit numbers in dot
notation
z(j1) (z(j) yj x 2k) 21 with z(0) 0
and z(k) z add shift right

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Multiplication
3.3 Multiplication

• Start with long-multiplication approach

multiplicand
multiplier
product
Length of product is the sum of operand lengths
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Multiplication Hardware
Initially 0
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Optimized Multiplier

• Perform steps in parallel add/shift

One cycle per partial-product addition Thats ok,
if frequency of multiplications is low
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Faster Multiplier

• Uses multiple adders
• Cost/performance tradeoff

• Can be pipelined
• Several multiplications performed in parallel

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MIPS Multiplication

• Two 32-bit registers for product
• HI most-significant 32 bits
• LO least-significant 32-bits
• Instructions
• mult rs, rt / multu rs, rt
• 64-bit product in HI/LO
• mfhi rd / mflo rd
• Move from HI/LO to rd
• Can test HI value to see if product overflows 32
  bits
• mul rd, rs, rt
• Least-significant 32 bits of product gt rd

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Division

• Check for 0 divisor
• Long division approach
• If divisor dividend bits
• 1 bit in quotient, subtract
• Otherwise
• 0 bit in quotient, bring down next dividend bit
• Restoring division
• Do the subtract, and if remainder goes lt 0, add
  divisor back
• Signed division
• Divide using absolute values
• Adjust sign of quotient and remainder as required

quotient
dividend
1001 1000 1001010 -1000 10
101 1010 -1000 10
divisor
remainder
n-bit operands yield n-bitquotient and remainder
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Division Hardware
Initially divisor in left half
Initially dividend
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Optimized Divider

• One cycle per partial-remainder subtraction
• Looks a lot like a multiplier!
• Same hardware can be used for both

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MIPS Division

• Use HI/LO registers for result
• HI 32-bit remainder
• LO 32-bit quotient
• Instructions
• div rs, rt / divu rs, rt
• No overflow or divide-by-0 checking
• Software must perform checks if required
• Use mfhi, mflo to access result

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Binary and Decimal Multiplication
Position 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Position
7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
x24 1 0 1
0 x104 3 5 2 8 y 0
0 1 1 y 4 0 6
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z (0) 0 0 0 0 z (0) 0 0 0
0 y0x24 1 0 1 0 y0x104 2 4 6 9
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2z (1) 0 1 0 1 0 10z (1) 2 4 6
9 6 z (1) 0 1 0 1 0 z (1) 0 2 4
6 9 6 y1x24 1 0 1 0 y1x104 2 1 1
6 8
2z (2) 0 1 1 1 1 0 10z (2)
2 3 6 3 7 6 z (2) 0 1 1 1 1
0 z (2) 2 3 6 3 7 6 y2x24 0 0
0 0 y2x104 0 0 0 0 0
2z (3) 0 0
1 1 1 1 0 10z (3) 0 2 3 6 3 7
6 z (3) 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 z (3) 0
2 3 6 3 7 6 y3x24 0 0 0
0 y3x104 1 4 1 1 2
2z (4) 0 0 0 1
1 1 1 0 10z (4) 1 4 3 4 8 3 7
6 z (4) 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 z (4)
1 4 3 4 8 3 7 6

Step-by-step multiplication examples for 4-digit
unsigned numbers.