Hi all, I have a strange question and I'm looking for pointers.
Assume that you can multiply two 8-bit values in hardware and get a 16-bit
result (e.g. ROM lookup table). It's straightforward to use this to multiply
two 16-bit values:
AABB *
CCDD
----
PPPP = BB*DD
QQQQ00 = BB*CC
RRRR00 = AA*DD
SSSS0000 = AA*CC
--------
32-bit result
But if the hardware can only provide the low eight bits of the 8-bit by
8-bit multiply, is it still possible to do a 16-bit by 16-bit multiply?
Next question, is it possible to do 16-bit division when the hardware
can only do 8-bit divided by 8-bit. Ditto 16-bit modulo with only 8-bit
modulo?
Yes, I could sit down and nut it all out from scratch, but I assume that
somewhere this has already been done and I could use the results.
Thanks in advance for any pointers.
Warren
** Back story. I'm designing an 8-bit TTL CPU which has 8-bit multiply, divide
and modulo in a ROM table. I'd like to write subroutines to do 16-bit and
32-bit integer maths.