SAGA: the first general-purpose on-line arithmetic co-processor

Author

Skaf, Ali ; Guyot, Alain

Author_Institution

Integrated Syst. Design Group, TIMA Lab./INPG, Grenoble, France

fYear

1995

fDate

4-7 Jan 1995

Firstpage

146

Lastpage

149

Abstract

In this paper, we present a VLSI realisation of an on-line arithmetic co-processor that implements a novel algorithm known as BKM. The obtained circuit computes the complex exponential or logarithm functions. All basic mathematical operations can hence be computed. The obtained circuit might be considered as the first on-line arithmetic co-processor. The chip was designed using a specific CMOS on-line library, a generated decision and control part and some full-custom blocs

Keywords

CMOS digital integrated circuits; VLSI; arithmetic; coprocessors; redundant number systems; BKM algorithm; CMOS IC; SAGA; VLSI realisation; complex exponential function; complex logarithm function; general-purpose co-processor; online arithmetic coprocessor; Arithmetic; Circuits; Computer architecture; Coprocessors; Delay; Hardware; Laboratories; Libraries; Very large scale integration; Zinc;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

VLSI Design, 1995., Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on

Conference_Location

New Delhi

ISSN

1063-9667

Print_ISBN

0-8186-6905-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICVD.1995.512094

Filename

512094

Link To Document

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