New and faster algorithm for multiplication
- From: Hans Petter Selasky <hselasky@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 06 Sep 2005 19:30:03 GMT
Hi,
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/*-
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#include <stdio.h>
/*
* NOTE: "unsigned" is 32-bit
*/
static unsigned
multiply(unsigned a, unsigned b, unsigned temp)
{
unsigned carry = 0;
unsigned old1;
unsigned old2;
unsigned char n = 32;
b ^= (2*b);
/* this subtraction can be optimized if the
* multiplication factor is a constant:
*/
a -= 1;
while(n--)
{
/* as you can see, there is
* no addition circuit that
* must be waited for,
* and consequently
* this loop can proceed
* very quickly !
*/
if(b & 1)
{
old1 = temp;
old2 = a;
}
else
{
old1 = carry;
old2 = 0;
}
temp ^= (carry | old2);
carry = temp & old1;
carry *= 2;
a *= 2;
a |= 1;
b /= 2;
}
return temp;
}
int main()
{
unsigned x,y,z,t,u;
/* verify that it works */
for(x = 0; x < 64; x++)
{
for(y = 0; y < 64; y++)
{
for(z = 0; z < 64; z++)
{
t = multiply(x,y,z);
u = ((x*y)+z);
if(t != u)
{
printf("error: (((%d*%d) + %d) = %d) != %d\n",
x,y,z,u,t);
}
}
}
}
return 0;
}
.
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