Cr_div - Cached Reciprocal Divider
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Category: Arithmetic Core
Created: February 12, 2013
Updated: November 19, 2019
Language: Verilog
Other project properties
Development Status: Alpha
WishBone compliant: No
WishBone version: n/a
License: LGPL
Description
This core is a low latency divider that works by caching reciprocal values, then using a multiply to perform the divide rather than the usual divide operation. On first encountering a divide operation the reciprocal of the divisor is calculated, this takes the same amount of time as a normal divide. The next time the same divide is encountered the pre-calculated reciprocal is used. Reciprocals are stored in a small cache similar to a processor data cache.
a/b is the same as a * 1/b
In many cases the divisor 'b' remains the same within a loop. 1/b can be calculated to be essentially a constant; then all that's required is a multiply operation. As in the example, divides are performed using only three clock cycles when the reciprocal can be found in the cache.