Multiplication: Some Variations

Consider:

P = A ? B

= (AH AL ) ??(BH BL )

= AH ??BH???AH ??BL???AL ??BH???AL ??BL?

???= PHH???PHL???PLH???PLL

where H represents high-order bits and L

represents low-order bits.?

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