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EECS598-5 - Fall 1996

COMPUTER ARITHMETIC


Professor: Trevor Mudge (tnm@eecs.umich.edu)

Office: 2224A EECS
Office Hours: By appointment

Textbook

Computer Arithmetic Algorithms, I. Koren

Term Reading

Koren's book

Credit: 3 hours

Classroom: 3424 EECS


Meeting times:

6:30 - 10:00 pm
on the following Tuesdays: Sep 10, 17, 26(Thurs), Oct 8, 15, 22, 29, Nov 19, 26

Syllabus

The course will cover algorithms for performing the four common arithmetic operations of add, subtract, multiply and divide. Techniques for efficient logic implementations of these algorithms will be an important part of the course. Floating point arithmetic will be covered, particularly the ANSI/IEEE 754 standard.

Grading breakdown


* Homework 1

* Homework 2

* Homework 3


Project


* First milestone: A 15 minute presentation to the class on Nov 26th describing a project and deliverables on a point of research that you and I have agreed upon.

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Second milestone: A report of 8-10 pages, space and a half, on the project. Due at the end of exam week.