• The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• v.23 no.6
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• pp.55-60
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• 2023

When performing the multiplication m×r=p of two binary numbers m and r on a computer, there is a shift-and-add(SA) method in which no time-consuming multiplication is performed, but only addition and shift-right(SR). SA is a very simple method in which when the value of the multiplier r_i is 0, the result p is only SR with m×0=0, and when r_i is 1, the result p=p+m is performed with m×1=m, and p is SR. In SA, the number of SRs can no longer be shortened, and the improvement part is whether the number of additions is shortened. This paper proposes an SA method to minimize addition based on the fact that setting a smaller number to r when converted to a binary number to be processed by a computer can significantly reduce the number of additions compared to the case of setting a smaller number to r based on the decimals that humans perform. The number of additions to the proposed algorithm was compared for four cases with signs (-,-), (-,+), (+,-), and (+,+) for some numbers in the range [-127,128]. The conclusion obtained from the experiment showed that when determining m and r, it should be determined as a binary number rather than a decimal number.