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Re: [oc] "1/x" function
Aloha!
Rudolf Usselmann wrote:
> I actually do have several math books that describe dividers. I
> was trying to see if there was a clever (very small & fast) way
> to build a 1/x function without pulling out my last gray hairs !
>
> The end result would be to build a divider using a 1/x and then
> multiply operations. The rational is that I already have a multi-
> plier, and I was hoping to be able to build a 1/x function in much
> smaller space and higher speed than a full divider.
Well, if you have a multiplier, then an iterative soulution using the
multiplier as the base should be a good solution. A high Radix multiplier
would give you less iterations. See Parhami 16.5 or Wanhammar "DSP Integrated
Circuits".
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