Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!bbn!rochester!PT.CS.CMU.EDU!andrew.cmu.edu!jk3k+ From: jk3k+@andrew.cmu.edu (Joseph G. Keane) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: super multipliers Message-ID: Date: 3 Feb 88 15:01:25 GMT References: <235@unicom.UUCP> <28200089@ccvaxa> <3127@phri.UUCP>, <230@m2.mfci.UUCP> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University Lines: 7 In-Reply-To: <230@m2.mfci.UUCP> I've heard of a `super multiplier', a big gate-array which multiplies without any clocking. I assume this was only integer multiplies, though. Does anyone know if this has been done for floating point? What are the fastest times (ns) that have been done for various multiplies? --Joe