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 International Journal of Emerging Technology and Advanced Engineering
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Booth Multiplier: Ease of multiplication

Deepali Chandel1, Gagan Kumawat2, Pranay Lahoty3, Vidhi Vart Chandrodaya 4, Shailendra Sharma5
1,2
B.Tech. Student, 3Assistant Professor, Arya Institute of Engineering & Technology, Jaipur (Raj.), India
4,5
M.Tech. Student, Jagannath University, Jaipur (Raj.), India
Abstract—Multiplication in hardware can be implemented
in two ways either by using more hardware for achieving fast The ‗multiplier‘ is effectively shifted and gets the proper
execution or by using less hardware and end up with slow bit of the ‗multiplicand‘. The delayed, gated case of the
execution. The area and speed of the multiplier is an multiplicand must all be in the same column of the shifted
important issue, increment in speed results in large area partial product matrix. Then they are added to form the
consumption and vice versa. Multipliers play vital role in product bit for the particular form. Multiplication is thus a
most of the high performance systems. Performance of a multi operand operation. To expand the multiplication to
system depend to a great extent on the performance of both signed and unsigned numbers, a suitable number
multiplier thus multipliers should be fast and consume less
system would be the depiction of numbers in two‘s
area and hardware. This idea forced us to study and review
about the Booth’s Algorithm, modified Booth’s algorithm complement format.
and its radix-2, radix-4, radix-8 forms.
II. BACKGROUND
Keywords—Booth’s Algorithm, Modified Booth’s This algorithm was invented by Andrew Donald Booth
Algorithm, multiplication, multipliers, radix-2, Radix-4,
radix-8.
in 1950 while doing study on crystallography at Birkbeck
College in Bloomsbury, London. Booth used reception
I. INTRODUCTION desk calculators that shifts faster than adding and formed
the algorithm to increasing the speed. Booth's algorithm is
Booth‘s Algorithm is a smart move for multiplying important in the study of computer architecture [14].
signed numbers. It initiate with the ability to both add and Andrew Donald Booth was the person in charge of a
subtract there are multiple ways to compute a product [5]. team of computer pioneers at Birkbeck College in the
Booth‘s algorithm is a multiplication algorithm that utilizes University of London. Andrew Donald Booth was born on
two‘s complement notation of signed binary numbers for Feb 11th 1918 and died on Nov 29th 2009. Booth worked
multiplication [9]. with inadequate resources, both human being and financial
Earlier multiplication was in general implemented via and emphasized on building smaller machines [15].
sequence of addition then subtraction, and then shift Andrew Donald Booth was a British electrical
operations. Multiplication can be well thought-out as a engineer, computer scientist and physist who led the
series of repeated additions. The number which is to be innovation of the magnetic drum memory for computers
added is known as the multiplicand, and the number of and invented Booth's multiplication algorithms. Booth was
times it is added is known as the multiplier, and the result raised in Weybridge, Surrey, and learned at
we get is the multiplication result. After Each step of the Haberdashers' Aske's Boys School.
addition a partial product is generated. When the operands
are integers, the product in general is twice the length of
III. MULTIPLICATION ALGORITHM
operands in order to protect the information content. This
repetitive addition method that is recommended by the A circuit that multiplies two unsigned n bit binary
arithmetic definition is slow as it is always replaced by an numbers, uses a 2 dimensional array of identical
algorithm that makes use of positional depiction. subcircuits. Each of which contains a full adder and an
We can decompose multipliers into two parts. The first ―and‖ gate. For large number of bits this approach may not
part is committed to the generation of partial products, and be appropriate because of the large number of gates
the second part collects and then adds them. The needed. Another approach is to use shift register in
fundamental multiplication principle is twofold i.e. combination with an adder to implement the traditional
evaluation of partial products and gathering of the shifted method of multiplication. [1]
partial products. It is performed by the consecutive P=0;
additions of the columns of the shifted partial product For i=0 to n-1 do
matrix.
If bi=1 then

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P=P+A; IV. BOOTH ALGORITHM
End if; Signed multiplication is a vigilant process. Through
Left shift A; unsigned multiplication there is no need to take the sign of
End for; the number into consideration. Even though in signed
multiplication the same procedure cannot be applied for the
reason that the signed number is in a 2‘s compliment form
which would give in an inaccurate result if multiplied in an
analogous manner to unsigned multiplication [10].
Thus here Booth‘s algorithm comes in. Booth‘s
algorithm conserves the sign of the end result. While doing
multiplication, strings of 0s in the multiplier call for only
shifting. While doing multiplication, strings of 1s in the
multiplier need an operation only at each end. We require
to add or subtract merely at positions in the multiplier
where there is a switch from 0 to 1 or from 1 to 0. In the
following flow chart we have, b=Multiplier,
a=Multiplicand, m= Product [3].
Now here we will require twice as many bits in our
product as we already have in our two operands. The
leftmost bit of our operands of both the multiplicand and
the multiplier is always a sign bit, and can‘t be used as part
of the value. Then choose which operand will be multiplier
and which will be multiplicand. If one operand and both are
negative then they are represented in two's complement
form. Start in on with a product that consists of the
multiplier in the company of an additional X leading zero
bits. Now check the LSB and the previous LSB of product
Fig. No.1. ASM chart for multiplier [1] to find out the arithmetic action. Add ‗0‘ as the previous
LSB if it is the FIRST pass. [3]
Probable arithmetic actions are if:
00:- no arithmetic operation is performed only shifting is
done.
01:- add multiplicand to left half part of product and then
shifting is done.
10:- subtract multiplicand from left half part of product
and then shifting is performed
11:- no arithmetic operation is performed only shifting is
done.

Fig. No. 2. Data circuit of multiplier [1]

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V. MODIFIED BOOTH‘S ALGORITHM
Modified Booth‘s is twice as fast as Booth‘s algorithm.
Modified Booth encoding algorithm is an efficient way to
reduce the number of partial products by grouping
consecutive bits in one of the two operands to form the
signed multiples. The operand that is Booth encoded is
called the multiplier and the other operand is called the
multiplicand.
A. Radix-2
Booth algorithm provides a process for multiplying
binary integers in signed –2‘s complement form [12].
Example: 2 in decimal × (–4) in decimal i.e. 0010 ×
1100 in binary.
Step 1: The Booth table [12]
1. Among the two numbers, choose the number which has
the smallest difference between a sequences of consecutive
numbers, and consider it as s multiplier.
i.e. 0010 - 0 to 0 there is no change, 0 to 1there is one
change 1 to 0 there is another change, and thus there are
two changes , 1100 -1 to 1 no change, 1 to 0 there is one
Fig. No. 3. Flow chart of Booth’s Algorithm [3] change, 0 to 0 there is no change, thus there is merely one
change . Thus, multiplication of 2 * (–4), where (0010) is
Example :
considered as the multiplicand and (1100) is as the
Multiply 10 by -7 using 5-bit numbers (10-bit result). multiplier.
10 in binary is 01010 2. Now X = 1100 is multiplier and Y = 0010 is
-10 in binary is 10110 (thus now we can add 10110 multiplicand. Now take the 2‘s complement of Y and
when we need to subtract multiplicand) consider it as –Y, now –Y = 1110.
-7 in binary is 11001
3. Put the value of X in the table.
Our expected result should be (-70) in binary (11101
11010). 4. Put 0 for X-1 value it should be the previous first LSB of
Steps of algorithm are: X.
Step1: (00000 11001 0) now as last two bits are 10 so 5. Put 0 in the U and V rows which will contain the product
here 00000+10110=10110. Now we get (10110 11001 0) of X and Y after the end of operation.
now by ARS (arithmetic right shift) we get (11011 01100 6. Make 4 rows for each cycle we have to multiply
1). numbers of 4 bits.
Step2: as last two bits are 01 so, Step 2: Booth algorithm needs assessment of the bits of
11011+01010=00101(carry is ignored as because addition the multiplier and partial product shifting. Before to the
+ve and –ve numbers cannot overflow). Now we get shifting, the multiplicand might be added to partial product.
(00101 01100 1) now by ARS we get (00010 10110 0). Might be subtracted from the partial product, or may be
Step 3: as last two bits are 00 there is no change only left unchanged, according to the following rules:
ARS will be done, now we will get (00001 01011 0). Observe the first LSBs of the multiplier X, and the
previous least significant bits of the multiplier X - 1.
Step 4: as last two bits are 10 so, 00001+10110=10111, Now observing the bits
now we will get (10111 01011 0) now by ARS we will get
(11011 10101 1) 0 0: Shifting is to be done
1 1: Shifting is to be done
Step 5: as last two bits are 11, there is no change only
0 1: Add Y to the U, and then shifting is done
ARS will take place, now we will get (11101 11010 1).
1 0: Subtracting Y from U, and shifting is done or
Step 6: now ignoring the last bit we will get our product addition of -Y to U is performed and then shifting is done.
that is (11101 11010) = -70 [9]
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II. Consider U & V together and shift through arithmetic And now 1111 is added with the result because of the
right shift (ARS) which conserves the sign bit of 2‘s negative sign. So final result of multiplication of -1 is
complement of the number. 1111001011, here negative term sign is extended.
By this a positive number leftovers positive, and a
negative number leftovers negative. (ii)1 * 001011= 001011
III. Now Shift X with circular right shift so this will (iii)1 * 001011 = 001011
prevent us from using 2 registers for the value of X. (iv)00001 are get added with these 3 resultants as the
error correction of the negation.
B. Radix-4 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 here also negative term sign is
Radix-4 Booth algorithm scans strings of 3 bits with the extended
algorithm given below: 001011
1. Extending the sign bit 1 position if require, to ensure 001011
that n is even only. 0 0 0 0 1 here is error correction for negation
2. Append a 0 to the right side of the least significant bit 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 here we have discarded the carried
of the multiplier. high bit
3. According to the value of each vector, Partial C. Radix-8
Product will be 0, +Y, –Y, +2Y,–2Y. The negative In the radix-8 booth multuplier we consider group of 4
values of y are considered by taking the 2‘s complement to bits[34].
the Booth recode the multiplier term, we have to consider Each group is coded as a signed-digit using the table III
the bits in groups of three, in a way that each group
overlaps with the previous group by one bit. Grouping TABLE III
ENCODING OF RADIX-8 BOOTH MUTIPLIER [8][17]
starts from the LSB and the first group only uses 2 bits of
the multiplier [12]. quartets Signed digit value
Let us take an example: 0000 0
Multiplicand is (001011) 0001 +1
Multiplier is (010011) 0010 +1
Now we will consider the group of three bits for 0011 +2
Multiplier [11][13]. 0100 +2
0101 +3
Encoding for radix-4 booth multiplier will be done
0110 +3
according to the following table which is as below:
0111 +4
TABLE II 1000 -4
ENCODING OF RADIX-4 BOOTH MUTIPLIER [16][4][6][7] 1001 -3
groups Partial products 1010 -3
000 0 1011 -2
001 1*multiplicand 1100 -2
010 1*multiplicand 1101 -1
011 2*multiplicand 1110 -1
100 -2*multiplicand 1111 0
101 -1*multiplicand Here we have an odd multiple of the multiplicand, 3Y,
110 -1*multiplicand which is not available. To produce it we require to perform
111 0 the following previous addition which is 2Y+Y=3Y. But
Now according to the table 2. we get to know that as we are scheming a multiplier for a specific purpose and
(010) -1 thus the multiplicand belongs to a previously known set of
(001) - 1 numbers.[17]
(110) - (-1) Here we have tried to obtain advantage of this fact, to
Thus Multiplicand is multiplied with the three encoded simplify the blockage of the radix-8 architecture, i.e ,the
digits which are 1, 1 and –1. generation of 3Y.
(i) –1 * (001011)
= 001011

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