Introduction
Variations & Extensions
- Signed multiplier: extend operands to signed [7:0] and use $signed() or perform sign-extension to 16 bits before multiply.
- Pipeline: break into stages to run at higher clock rates.
- Booth or Wallace tree implementations for performance/area tradeoffs.
- Handles signed multiplication naturally (two's complement).
- Faster than array multipliers for larger bit widths.
are often used to optimize for specific constraints such as power, area, or speed. 3. Architecture Overview Common architectures found in GitHub repositories
`timescale 1ns / 1ps