Residue Number System Reconfigurable Datapath

G. C. Cardarilli, A. Del Re, A. Nannarelli, and M. Re

Proc. of 2002 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), Vol II, pages 756-759.
Phoenix, Arizona, USA, May 26-29, 2002.

Abstract - In this paper we describe a possible approach to implement a reconfigurable datapath for digital signal processing. The datapath should be programmable in terms of dynamic range, type and sequence of operations. We chose to implement it in the Residue Number System (RNS), because the RNS offers high speed and low power dissipation. Results show that the RNS reconfigurable datapath offers better performance and lower power dissipation when compared, on the same set of applications, with a traditional FIR filter of the same characteristics.

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