A FAST MULTIPLIER HARDWARE DESIGN FOR INTERVAL ARITHMETIC

Abstract

A FAST MULTIPLIER HARDWARE DESIGN FOR INTERVAL ARITHMETIC

Keywords

• Interval arithmetic, multipliers, VHDL synthesis, performance analysis

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