Title :
Integer multiplication and division on the HP Precision Architecture
Author :
Magenheimer, Daniel J. ; Peters, Liz ; Pettis, Karl W. ; Zuras, Dan
Author_Institution :
Hewlett-Packard Co., Cupertino, CA, USA
fDate :
8/1/1988 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
In recent years, many architectural design efforts have focused on maximizing performance for frequently executed, simple instructions. The authors describe how a small set of primitive instructions combined with what is considered careful frequency analysis and clever programming allows the Hewlett-Packard (HP) Precision Architecture integer multiplication and division implementation to provide adequate performance at little or no hardware cost
Keywords :
Hewlett Packard computers; computer architecture; digital arithmetic; HP Precision Architecture; Hewlett-Packard; frequency analysis; integer division; integer multiplication; performance; programming; Arithmetic; Computer aided instruction; Computer architecture; Costs; Encoding; Frequency conversion; Hardware; High level languages; Performance analysis; Reduced instruction set computing;
Journal_Title :
Computers, IEEE Transactions on
