Abstract
Since development of the first computing system, there has been a continual quest for faster systems. This is a result of successful accomplishments with a given system which lead to desires to do even more, thereby requiring better performance. In many applications, better performance requires faster arithmetic. Recent progress in optical processing suggests that digital optical arithmetic may eliminate many of today’s performance bottlenecks. This paper provides an introduction to the concepts (and literature) of digital arithmetic. The primary emphasis is on number systems and on algorithms for addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, since these operations are the basis for current systems.
© 1986 Optical Society of America
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