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Preliminary

DS30485A-page 67

PIC18FXX39

7.0

8 X 8 HARDWARE MULTIPLIER

7.1

Introduction

An 8 x 8 hardware multiplier is included in the ALU of

the PIC18FXX39 devices. By making the multiply a

hardware operation, it completes in a single instruction

cycle. This is an unsigned multiply that gives a 16-bit

result. The result is stored into the 16-bit product regis-

ter pair (PRODH:PRODL). The multiplier does not

affect any flags in the ALUSTA register.

Making the 8 x 8 multiplier execute in a single cycle

gives the following advantages:

• Higher computational throughput

• Reduces code size requirements for multiply

algorithms

The performance increase allows the device to be used

in applications previously reserved for Digital Signal

Processors.

Table 7-1 shows a performance comparison between

enhanced devices using the single cycle hardware mul-

tiply, and performing the same function without the

hardware multiply.

7.2

Operation

Example 7-1 shows the sequence to do an 8 x 8

unsigned multiply. Only one instruction is required

when one argument of the multiply is already loaded in

the WREG register.

Example 7-2 shows the sequence to do an 8 x 8 signed

multiply. To account for the sign bits of the arguments,

each argument’s Most Significant bit (MSb) is tested

and the appropriate subtractions are done.

EXAMPLE 7-1:

8 x 8 UNSIGNED

MULTIPLY ROUTINE

EXAMPLE 7-2:

8 x 8 SIGNED MULTIPLY

ROUTINE

TABLE 7-1:

PERFORMANCE COMPARISON

MOVF

ARG1, W

;

MULWF

ARG2

; ARG1 * ARG2 ->

; PRODH:PRODL

MOVF

ARG1,

MULWF

ARG2

; ARG1 * ARG2 ->

; PRODH:PRODL

BTFSC

ARG2,

; Test Sign Bit

SUBWF

PRODH, F

; PRODH = PRODH

;

- ARG1

MOVF

ARG2,

BTFSC

ARG1,

; Test Sign Bit

SUBWF

PRODH, F

; PRODH = PRODH

;

- ARG2

Routine

Multiply Method

Program

Memory

(Words)

Cycles

(Max)

Time

@ 40 MHz

@ 10 MHz

@ 4 MHz

8 x 8 unsigned

Without hardware multiply

6.9

µs27.6 µs69 µs

Hardware multiply

100 ns

400 ns

µs

8 x 8 signed

Without hardware multiply

9.1

µs36.4 µs91 µs

Hardware multiply

600 ns

2.4

µs6 µs

16 x 16 unsigned

Without hardware multiply

242

24.2

µs96.8 µs

242

µs

Hardware multiply

2.8

µs

11.2

µs28 µs

16 x 16 signed

Without hardware multiply

254

25.4

µs

102.6

µs

254

µs

Hardware multiply

4.0

µs16.0 µs40 µs

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