Multiplication With Signed Numbers
Explore the process of multiplying signed binary numbers in two's complement form. Learn to apply sign extension and perform multiplication to handle positive and negative values correctly in fixed bit-width binary arithmetic.
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Multiplication technique
To multiply two’s complement numbers we employ the same technique we used in the lesson Multiplication in Binary, with some minor changes.
Before carrying out the multiplication, we sign-extend the number to twice as many bits. This simply means that we add ...