• DocumentCode
    1024833
  • Title

    Fast addition of large integers

  • Author

    Fagin, Barry S.

  • Author_Institution
    Thayer Sch. of Eng., Dartmouth Coll., Hanover, NH, USA
  • Volume
    41
  • Issue
    9
  • fYear
    1992
  • fDate
    9/1/1992 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1069
  • Lastpage
    1077
  • Abstract
    The basic computational model of a massively parallel processor is discussed, and three massively parallel algorithms using carry-lookahead techniques for binary addition of large integers are presented. It is shown how performance can be improved by exploiting the average case behavior of large n-bit additions and the asymmetry of the computation time of two particular operations. Even better performance is obtained by grouping multiple bits per processor. Performance measurements of all the algorithms are presented and discussed
  • Keywords
    digital arithmetic; parallel algorithms; average case behavior; binary addition; carry-lookahead; computation time asymmetry; computational model; large integers; large n-bit additions; massively parallel algorithms; massively parallel processor; multiple bits; Circuits; Computational modeling; Computer architecture; Computer science; Concurrent computing; Digital arithmetic; Hardware; Helium; Phase change random access memory; Upper bound;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Computers, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9340
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/12.165389
  • Filename
    165389