Experiments for Decimal Floating-Point Division by Recurrence

In today´s society, decimal arithmetic is growing considerably in importance given its relevance in financial and commercial applications. Decimal calculations on binary hardware significantly impacts performance mainly because most systems utilize software to emulate decimal calculations. On the other hand, the introduction of dedicated decimal hardware promises the ability to improve performance by two or three orders of magnitude. The purpose of this paper is to provide an analytical study and insight into the implementation feasibility of a decimal digit recurrence division unit based on binary digit recurrence division theory.