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EngineeringComputer EngineeringElectrical EngineeringComputer ArchitectureMicroelectronicsVlsi DesignCmos Circuit DesignDigital Integrated Circuit DesignDigital Integrated CircuitsIntegrated Circuit DesignMixed-signal Integrated Circuit DesignVery-large-scale Integration LayoutDigital Signal Processing BlocksFloating-point ArithmeticFloating-point Unit DesignMultiplier DesignVery-large-scale Integration (Vlsi) DesignVlsi Implementation
Several options for the implementation of combinatorial shifters, multipliers, and dividers for a VLSI floating point unit are presented and compared. The comparisons are made in the context of a single chip implementation in light of the constraints imposed by currently available MOS technology.