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+title = "Multipliers"
+date = "2022-11-08"
+author = "Yann Herklotz"
+tags = []
+categories = []
+backlinks = ["5b1"]
+forwardlinks = ["5b1", "5b3"]
+zettelid = "5b2"
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+Multipliers are implemented in terms of adders. For example, one way of
+implementing multiplication would just be to perform multiple additions.
+This could be a long-multiplication algorithm, where the digits are
+multiplied together, and then shifted and added together. By default, if
+one uses a naïve addition algorithm, then this will be a very sequential
+algorithm. The first improvement would be to implement a tree of
+additions, which reduces the dependencies and delays between the adders.
+The second improvement could be to use more parallel adder algorithms,
+like described in the adder circuit section ([\#5b1]).
+
+  [\#5b1]: /zettel/5b1