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fixed vs floating?
hi, can any one provide me sufficient information or good references to find the differences between fixed point arithmetic and floating point arithmetic. I would like to know the information regarding power also. Which of these is better for low power devices? I also need help in using Xilinx... -
how to design a fixed point multiplier??
hi, I have to design a processor in VHDL which does various multiplications and divisions to find a result which is a real number. As it is a hand held low power device I decided to use fixed point arithmetic for all the arithmetic operations involved in the design of the processor. I would... -
arithmetic for low power devices??
hi, I have a processor to design which involves multiplications and divisions and which results in real numbers. My application needs to be a low-power device. Speed is not of major concern. Which arithmetic is use-ful? Is it floating point arithmetic or fixed point arithmetic? Are there any...
