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Record 1 2004-06-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electrical Circuits and Circuit Breakers
  • Telecommunications Facilities
  • Informatics
DEF

Circuit which "predicts" the final carry from "Propagate" and "Generate" signals supplied by partial adders. Used to speed up significantly binary addition by eliminating the carry propagation (or ripple) delay.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Circuits électriques et coupe-circuits
  • Installations de télécommunications
  • Informatique

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Circuitos eléctricos e interruptores automáticos
  • Instalaciones de telecomunicaciones
  • Informática
DEF

Circuito que predice efectivamente el acarreo final a partir de las señales generadas y propagadas por las sumadoras parciales.

OBS

Se utiliza para acelerar de modo notable la suma binaria, suprimiendo la demora causada por la propagación del acarreo.

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