Author_Institution :
Monash University, Department of Electrical Engineering, Melbourne, Australia
Abstract :
By eliminating the shift operation of a shift-and-subtract divider, array dividers speed up division. Since n+1 subtractors are required, there is a heavy equipment cost. However, since each parallel subtraction is data dependent, the subtractions are sequential and only one subtractor is operating at any one time. Here a divider is developed which speeds division by eliminating the shift cycle, but which only requires two parallel subtractors working sequentially.