Carry-lookahead

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A command that checks whether there will be a carry (bit or digit that is carried in an addition operation) for the current digit in an ongoing addition operation.

    "A simpler scheme is to connect the carry-ins and carry-outs of the units in a ripple chain. This approach is most common in chip design because the wiring for the carry-lookahead tree is hard to design and area-consuming."

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"A simpler scheme is to connect the carry-ins and carry-outs of the units in a ripple chain. This approach is most common in chip design because the wiring for the carry-lookahead tree is hard to design and area-consuming."

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