Lukas' Notes

combinatorial-logic

Definition

Ripple-Carry Adder

The ripple-carry adder consists of multiple 1-bit adders chained together to form a computational unit.

Problem: Ripple-carry adders are slow. Their delay is denoted as:

where is the number of full adders in the chain.

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Footnotes

  1. Digital Design and Computer Architecture - RISC-V Edition ↩