Fixed-Point Division

In typical applications, division is not as frequent as addition or multiplication (Oberman and Flynn (IEEE Trans Comput 46.2, 154–161, 1997)), but its hardware implementation has nevertheless received considerable attention. Dividers may be implemented in a variety of ways, with two main families each declined in countless variations. In this rich landscape, there is a divider for each context, but finding the right one may be a daunting task. This chapter provides a bird’s-eye view on this landscape and a focus on a few detailed implementations.