νMOS-based Sorter for Arithmetic Applications
Author(s) -
Esther Rodriguez–Villegas,
M.J. Avedillo,
J.M. Quintana,
Gloria Huertas,
A. Rueda
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
vlsi design
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.123
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 1065-514X
pISSN - 1026-7123
DOI - 10.1155/2000/57240
Subject(s) - arithmetic , multiplier (economics) , sorting , computer science , adder , block (permutation group theory) , binary number , electronic circuit , computer architecture , computer hardware , parallel computing , computer engineering , algorithm , mathematics , engineering , electrical engineering , telecommunications , geometry , economics , macroeconomics , latency (audio)
The capabilities of the conceptual link between threshold gates and sorting networks are explored by implementing some arithmetic demonstrators. In particular, both an multiplier and a counter which use a sorter as the main building block have been implemented. Traditional disadvantages of binary sorters such as their hardware intensive nature are avoided by using νMOS circuits. It allows both an improving of previous results for multipliers based on a similar architecture, and to obtain a new type of counter which shows a reduced delay when compared to a conventional implementation.
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