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Chapter 10: Fixed Point Arithmetic – University of Texas at Austin

Long Integers When the number of bits in 2’s complement is not enough If word length is 16 bits, but you want 160 bit integer data type Then you need an instruction requiring that Data Type ADDR, for example. (R for ridiculous!) Consider ADDR A,B,C, where A,B,C are 160 bit integers: Requires iterations Note: test for overflow only in the last …