1. Booth's Algorithm finds the product of two signed numbers; the included programs are two variations of finding these two numbers using 16-bit assembly. These programs were created in Fall 2007 as part of the Computer Assembly and Architecture course at Maryville University.
2. This video you will learn about Booth's Algorithm Multiplication and Division. This is our Semi Finals/Case Study in Computer Organization (CCS24).

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Booth's algorithm examines adjacent pairs of bits of the 'N'-bit multiplier Y in signed two's complement representation, including an implicit bit below the least significant bit, y −1 = 0. For each bit y i, for i running from 0 to N − 1, the bits y i and y i−1 are considered. Where these two bits are equal, the product accumulator P is left unchanged. The calculator source code. Items 1 to 3 above are due on. (10 points) Deploy your multiplier circuit on the FPGA and test it out on the real hardware. Item 4 is due on. Supplemental Information Physical I/O on the board: We will not be using the physical I/O on the board for this lab. If you wish, you can use the LED.

Number Representation

BINARY

ARITHMETIC

Bernhard Kainz (with thanks to A. Gopalan, N. Dulay and E.

Edwards)

b.kainz@imperial.ac.uk

mailto:b.kainz@imperial.ac.uk

Binary Arithmetic

• Unsigned

• Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and Division

• Signed

• Two’s Complement Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and

Division

• Chosen because of its widespread use

Binary Arithmetic

• Couple of definitions

• Subtrahend: what is being subtracted

• Minuend: what it is being subtracted from

• Example: 612 – 485 = 127

• 485 is the subtrahend, 612 is the minuend, 127 is the result

Binary Addition – Unsigned

• Reasonably straight forward

• Example: Perform the binary addition 111011 + 101010

Carry 1 1 1 1

A 1 1 1 0 1 1

B + 1 0 1 0 1 0

Sum 1 1 0 0 1 0 1

Step 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

In Decimal: 59 + 42 = 101

Binary Subtraction – Unsigned

• Reasonably straight forward as well 

• Example: Perform the binary subtraction 1010101 – 11100
A’’ 0 1 10

A’ 1 0 0 10

A 1 0 1 0 1 0 1

B – 1 1 1 0 0

Diff 0 1 1 1 0 0 1

Step 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Step k Ak– Bk = Diffk
1 1 – 0 = 1

2 0 –0 = 0

3 1 – 1 = 0

4 0 – 1 Borrow by subtracting 1 from A7..5=101 to

give A’7..5=100 and A’4=10.

Now use A’ instead of A, e.g. A’4 – B4

10 – 1 =1

5 0 – 1 Subtract 1 from A’7..6 =10 to give A’’7..6
=01, A’’5 = 10.

Now use A’’ instead of A’, e.g. A’’5 – B5

10 – 1 =1

6 1 – 0 = 1 i.e. A’’6 – B6
7 0 – 0 = 0

Binary Multiplication – Unsigned

• Example: Perform the binary multiplication 11101 x 111

A 1 1 1 0 1

B x 1 1 1

1 1 1 0 1

1 1 1 0 1

1 1 1 0 1

Answer 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1

Carry 1 10 10 1 1

Binary Division – Unsigned

• Recall:

• Division is:

• Or:

• Left as an exercise 

• Can use long division

dividend

divisor
 quotient 

remainder

divisor

dividend  quotient  divisor  remainder

Binary Arithmetic – Signed

• Two’s complement Arithmetic because of it’s widespread use

• Recall

• Addition and subtraction in two’s complement works without having a

separate sign bit

• Overflow

• Result of an arithmetic operation is too large or too small to fit into the

resultant bit-group (E.g.: 9 can’t fit into 4-bits in Two’s complement)

• Normally left to programmer to deal with this situation

Two’s Complement – Addition

• Add the values and discard any carry-out bit

• Example: Add −8 to +3 and -2 and -5 using 8-bit two’s

complement

(+3) 0000 0011 (–2) 1111 1110

+(–8) 1111 1000 +(–5) 1111 1011

(–5) 1111 1011 (–7) 1 1111 1001

Discard Carry-Out

Two’s Complement – Addition

• Overflow

• Occurs if and only if 2 Two’s Complement numbers are added and

they both have the same sign (both positive or both negative) and

the result has the opposite sign

• Adding two positive numbers must give a positive result

• Adding two negative numbers must give a negative result

• Never occurs when adding operands with different signs

• E.g.

• (+A) + (+B) = -C

• (-A) + (-B) = +C

Two’s Complement – Addition

• Overflow

• Example: Using 4-bit Two’s Complement numbers (−8 ≤ x ≤ +7),

calculate (-7) + (-6)

(–7) 1001

+(–

6)

1010

(+3) 1 0011 “Overflow”

Two’s Complement – Subtraction

• Accomplished by negating the subtrahend and adding it to

the minuend

• Any carry-out bit is discarded

• Example: Calculate 8 – 5 using an 8-bit two’s complement

representation

• Recall: 8 – 5  8 + (- 5)

(+8) 0000 1000 0000 1000

–(+5) 0000 0101 -> Negate -> + 1111 1011

(+3) 1 0000 0011

Discard

Two’s Complement – Subtraction

• Overflow

• Occurs if and only if 2 two’s complement numbers are subtracted,

and their signs are different, and the result has the same sign as

the subtrahend

• E.g.

• (+A) – (–B) = –C

• (–A) – (+B) = +C

Two’s Complement – Subtraction

• Overflow

• Example: Using 4-bit Two’s Complement numbers (−8 ≤ x ≤ +7),

calculate 7 – (-6)

(+7) 0111

–(–6) 0110 (Negated)

(–3) 1101 “Overflow”

(+7) 0111

–(–6) 1010

Two’s Complement – Summary

• Addition
• Add the values, discarding any carry-out bit

• Subtraction
• Negate the subtrahend and add, discarding any carry-out bit

• Overflow
• Adding two positive numbers produces a negative result

• Adding two negative numbers produces a positive result

• Adding operands of unlike signs never produces an overflow

• Note – discarding the carry out of the most significant bit during
Two’s Complement addition is a normal occurrence, and does not
by itself indicate overflow

Two’s Complement – Multiplication and

Division
• Cannot be accomplished using the standard technique

• Example: consider X * (–Y)

• Two’s complement of –Y is 2n–Y  X * (Y) = X * (2n–Y) = 2nX –

XY

• Expected result should be 22n – XY

Signed multiplication
• Booth’s multiplication algorithm

• Let m and r be the multiplicand and multiplier, respectively; and
let x and y represent the number of bits in m and r.

• Determine the values of A and S, and the initial value of P. All of these numbers
should have a length equal to (x + y + 1).

• A: Fill the most significant (leftmost) bits with the value of m. Fill the remaining (y + 1) bits with
zeros.

• S: Fill the most significant bits with the value of (−m) in two’s complement notation. Fill the
remaining (y + 1) bits with zeros.

• P: Fill the most significant x bits with zeros. To the right of this, append the value of r. Fill the
least significant (rightmost) bit with a zero.

• Determine the two least significant (rightmost) bits of P.
• If they are 01, find the value of P + A. Ignore any overflow.

• If they are 10, find the value of P + S. Ignore any overflow.

• If they are 00, do nothing. Use P directly in the next step.

• If they are 11, do nothing. Use P directly in the next step.

• Arithmetically shift the value obtained in the 2nd step by a single place to the
right. Let P now equal this new value.

• Repeat steps 2 and 3 until they have been done y times.

• Drop the least significant (rightmost) bit from P. This is the product of m and r.

Booth’s multiplication example

• Find 3 × (−4), with m = 3 and r = −4, and x = 4 and y = 4:

• m = 0011, -m = 1101, r = 1100

• A = 0011 0000 0

• S = 1101 0000 0

• P = 0000 1100 0

• Perform the loop four times:
• P = 0000 1100 0. The last two bits are 00.

• P = 0000 0110 0. Arithmetic right shift.

• P = 0000 0110 0. The last two bits are 00.
• P = 0000 0011 0. Arithmetic right shift.

• P = 0000 0011 0. The last two bits are 10.
• P = 1101 0011 0. P = P + S.

• P = 1110 1001 1. Arithmetic right shift.

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• P = 1110 1001 1. The last two bits are 11.
• P = 1111 0100 1. Arithmetic right shift.

• The product is 1111 0100, which is −12.

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Two’s Complement – Multiplication and

Division
• Can perform multiplication and division by converting the

two’s complement numbers to their absolute values and

then negate the result if the signs of the operands are

different

• Most architectures implement more sophisticated

algorithms (Booth’s multiplication algorithm, Wallace tree,

Dadda multiplier)

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Booth's multiplication algorithm is a multiplication algorithm that multiplies two signed binary numbers in two's complement notation. The algorithm was invented by Andrew Donald Booth in 1950 while doing research on crystallography at Birkbeck College in Bloomsbury, London. Booth used desk calculators that were faster at shifting than adding and created the algorithm to increase their speed. Booth's algorithm is of interest in the study of computer architecture.

The algorithm

Booth's algorithm examines adjacent pairs of bits of the N-bit multiplier Y in signed two's complement representation, including an implicit bit below the least significant bit, y_-1 = 0. For each bit y_i, for i running from 0 to N-1, the bits y_i and y_i-1 are considered. Where these two bits are equal, the product accumulator P remains unchanged. Where y_i = 0 and y_i-1 = 1, the multiplicand times 2ⁱ is added to P; and where y_i = 1 and y_i-1 = 0, the multiplicand times 2ⁱ is subtracted from P. The final value of P is the signed product.

The representation of the multiplicand and product are not specified; typically, these are both also in two's complement representation, like the multiplier, but any number system that supports addition and subtraction will work as well. As stated here, the order of the steps is not determined. Typically, it proceeds from LSB to MSB, starting at i = 0; the multiplication by 2ⁱ is then typically replaced by incremental shifting of the P accumulator to the right between steps; low bits can be shifted out, and subsequent additions and subtractions can then be done just on the highest N bits of P.^[1] There are many variations and optimizations on these details.

The algorithm is often described as converting strings of 1's in the multiplier to a high-order +1 and a low-order –1 at the ends of the string. When a string runs through the MSB, there is no high-order +1, and the net effect is interpretation as a negative of the appropriate value.

A typical implementation

Booth's algorithm can be implemented by repeatedly adding (with ordinary unsigned binary addition) one of two predetermined values A and S to a product P, then performing a rightward arithmetic shift on P. Let m and r be the multiplicand and multiplier, respectively; and let x and y represent the number of bits in m and r.

1. Determine the values of A and S, and the initial value of P. All of these numbers should have a length equal to (x + y + 1).
   1. A: Fill the most significant (leftmost) bits with the value of m. Fill the remaining (y + 1) bits with zeros.
   2. S: Fill the most significant bits with the value of (−m) in two's complement notation. Fill the remaining (y + 1) bits with zeros.
   3. P: Fill the most significant x bits with zeros. To the right of this, append the value of r. Fill the least significant (rightmost) bit with a zero.
2. Determine the two least significant (rightmost) bits of P.
   1. If they are 01, find the value of P + A. Ignore any overflow.
   2. If they are 10, find the value of P + S. Ignore any overflow.
   3. If they are 00, do nothing. Use P directly in the next step.
   4. If they are 11, do nothing. Use P directly in the next step.
3. Arithmetically shift the value obtained in the 2nd step by a single place to the right. Let P now equal this new value.
4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 until they have been done y times.
5. Drop the least significant (rightmost) bit from P. This is the product of m and r.

Example

Find 3 × (−4), with m = 3 and r = −4, and x = 4 and y = 4:

• m = 0011, -m = 1101, r = 1100
• A = 0011 0000 0
• S = 1101 0000 0
• P = 0000 1100 0

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• Perform the loop four times :
  1. P = 0000 1100 0. The last two bits are 00.
     • P = 0000 0110 0. Arithmetic right shift.
  2. P = 0000 0110 0. The last two bits are 00.
     • P = 0000 0011 0. Arithmetic right shift.
  3. P = 0000 0011 0. The last two bits are 10.
     • P = 1101 0011 0. P = P + S.
     • P = 1110 1001 1. Arithmetic right shift.
  4. P = 1110 1001 1. The last two bits are 11.
     • P = 1111 0100 1. Arithmetic right shift.

• The product is 1111 0100, which is −12.

The above mentioned technique is inadequate when the multiplicand is the largest negative number that can be represented (e.g. if the multiplicand has 4 bits then this value is −8). One possible correction to this problem is to add one more bit to the left of A, S and P. Below, we demonstrate the improved technique by multiplying −8 by 2 using 4 bits for the multiplicand and the multiplier:

• A = 1 1000 0000 0
• S = 0 1000 0000 0
• P = 0 0000 0010 0

• Perform the loop four times :
  1. P = 0 0000 0010 0. The last two bits are 00.
     • P = 0 0000 0001 0. Right shift.
  2. P = 0 0000 0001 0. The last two bits are 10.
     • P = 0 1000 0001 0. P = P + S.
     • P = 0 0100 0000 1. Right shift.
  3. P = 0 0100 0000 1. The last two bits are 01.
     • P = 1 1100 0000 1. P = P + A.
     • P = 1 1110 0000 0. Right shift.
  4. P = 1 1110 0000 0. The last two bits are 00.
     • P = 1 1111 0000 0. Right shift.

• The product is 11110000 (after discarding the first and the last bit) which is −16.

How it works

Consider a positive multiplier consisting of a block of 1s surrounded by 0s. For example, 00111110. The product is given by :

where M is the multiplicand. The number of operations can be reduced to two by rewriting the same as

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In fact, it can be shown that any sequence of 1's in a binary number can be broken into the difference of two binary numbers:

Hence, we can actually replace the multiplication by the string of ones in the original number by simpler operations, adding the multiplier, shifting the partial product thus formed by appropriate places, and then finally subtracting the multiplier. It is making use of the fact that we do not have to do anything but shift while we are dealing with 0s in a binary multiplier, and is similar to using the mathematical property that 99 = 100 − 1 while multiplying by 99.

This scheme can be extended to any number of blocks of 1s in a multiplier (including the case of single 1 in a block). Thus,

Booth's algorithm follows this scheme by performing an addition when it encounters the first digit of a block of ones (0 1) and a subtraction when it encounters the end of the block (1 0). This works for a negative multiplier as well. When the ones in a multiplier are grouped into long blocks, Booth's algorithm performs fewer additions and subtractions than the normal multiplication algorithm.

See also

References

1. ^Chi-hau Chen (1988). Signal processing handbook. CRC Press. p. 234. ISBN978-0-8247-7956-6. http://books.google.com/books?id=10Pi0MRbaOYC&pg=PA234.

Further reading

1. Andrew D. Booth. A signed binary multiplication technique. The Quarterly Journal of Mechanics and Applied Mathematics, Volume IV, Pt. 2 [1]
2. Collin, Andrew. Andrew Booth's Computers at Birkbeck College. Resurrection, Issue 5, Spring 1993. London: Computer Conservation Society.
3. Patterson, David and John Hennessy. Computer Organization and Design: The Hardware/Software Interface, Second Edition. ISBN 1-55860-428-6. San Francisco, California: Morgan Kaufmann Publishers. 1998.
4. Stallings, William. Computer Organization and Architecture: Designing for performance, Fifth Edition. ISBN 0-13-081294-3. New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, Inc.. 2000.

External links

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