COMPUTING UNIT, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR MULTIPLYING AT LEAST TWO MULTIPLICANDS

摘要

The invention relates to a computing unit and a method (10) for multiplying at least two multiplicands (c,d). The multiplicands (c,d) exist in an exponential representation, i.e. the multiplicands (c,d) each have an associated exponent and base. The computing unit is configured to perform a multiplication of the multiplicands (c,d) and comprises at least one bit shift unit, wherein the bit shift unit shifts a binary number by a prescribable number of places, in particular to the left, an arithmetic unit, which performs an addition of two input variables and a subtraction of two input variables, and a memory. The invention further relates to a computer program configured to perform the method (10) and a machine-readable memory element on which the computer program is stored.