Hardware Designs provides a balanced, comprehensive treatment of computer arithmetic, covering topics in arithmetic unit design and circuit implementation that complement the architectural and algorithmic speedup techniques used in high-performance computer architecture and parallel processing. Using a unified and consistent framework, the text begins with number representation and proceeds through basic arithmetic operations, floating-point arithmetic, and function evaluation methods. Later chapters cover broad design and implementation topics--including techniques for high-throughput, low-power, and fault-tolerant arithmetic--and also feature brief case studies. An indispensable resource for instruction, professional development, and research in digital computer arithmetic, Computer Arithmetic: Algorithms and Hardware Designs combines broad coverage of the underlying theories of computer arithmetic with numerous examples of practical designs, worked-out examples, and a large collection of meaningful problems. Features: · Divided into 28 lecture-size chapters · Emphasizes both the underlying theories of computer arithmetic and actual hardware designs · Carefully links computer arithmetic to other subfields of computer engineering · Includes over 450 end-of-chapter problems ranging in complexity from simple exercises to mini-projects · Incorporates many examples of practical designs · Uses consistent standardized notation throughout · Instructor's manual includes solutions to text problems, additional exercises, test questions, and enlarged versions of figures and charts

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