• DocumentCode
    2892809
  • Title

    A taxonomy of parallel prefix networks

  • Author

    Harris, David

  • Author_Institution
    Sun Microsyst. Lab., Harvey Mudd Coll., Claremont, CA, USA
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    9-12 Nov. 2003
  • Firstpage
    2213
  • Abstract
    Parallel prefix networks are widely used in high-performance adders. Networks in the literature represent tradeoffs between number of logic levels, fanout, and wiring tracks. This paper presents a three-dimensional taxonomy that not only describes the tradeoffs in existing parallel prefix networks but also points to a family of new networks. Adders using these networks are compared using the method of logical effort. The new architecture is competitive in latency and area for some technologies.
  • Keywords
    adders; parallel architectures; fanout; high-performance adder; logic level; parallel prefix network; three-dimensional taxonomy; wiring track; Adders; Circuits; Computer architecture; Delay; Educational institutions; Laboratories; Logic; Sun; Taxonomy; Wiring;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Signals, Systems and Computers, 2004. Conference Record of the Thirty-Seventh Asilomar Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8104-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ACSSC.2003.1292373
  • Filename
    1292373