DEPARTMENT OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION

ANDHRA PRADESH
Name : A Rajeswara Rao
Designation : Head
Branch : Computer Engg
Institute : GMR Polytechnic, Karimnagar
Year/Semester : III Semester
Subject : Computer Architecture
Subject Code : CM-303
Topic : Information Representation,Arithmetic

operations
Duration : 50 Mts
Sub. Topic : Comparison of two fixed pointnumbers vide

sign and magnitude

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Teaching Aids to be use : Animation clips & images

 Objective

On completion of this period, we would able to know

• How to identify the signs of numbers as

identical
• How to compare the magnitudes A , B
• How to subtract two numbers using 2’s
complement method

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 Recap

In the previous class, we have learnt about:

• How fixed point addition/ subtraction can be

performed using signed magnitude
representation.

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 X-OR Operation
How to know that the signs of AR, BR are same
or different
It can be known by an X-OR operation between
the sign bits As, Bs
As Bs Y=As Bs
0 0 0
0 1 1
1 0 1
1 1 0

It can be observed that the result is 0 if the bits

are same and 1 if the bits are different
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How to compare the magnitudes A and B

It can be known by a simple subtraction of

B from A using 2’s complement method.

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 Perform subtraction between A and B

Case1 : A>B

Let A=9 1001

B=4 0100
+5

1’s complement of B =1011

add 1 + 1
2’s complement of B = 1100

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 Perform subtraction between A and B
Contd..
Add 2’s complement of B to A
1001
1100
carry 1 0101 it is +5

As carry is generated result is positive +5

i.e,if carry is generated then it can be inferred that A>=B

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Perform subtraction between A and B
Contd..
Case 2 : A<B
Let A=3 0011
B=5 0101
-2

1’s complement of B =1010

add 1 + 1
2’s complement of B = 1011

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Perform subtraction between A and B
Contd..
Add 2’s complement of B to A
0011
1011
carry 0 1110

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 Perform subtraction between A and B
Contd..
It can be observed that carry is 0
Hence the result is negative and the magnitude
is 2’s complement of (1110)
1’s complement=0001
add 1 + 1
0010
The result is –0010 or -2

Hence it can be inferred that carry is 0 for the case A<B

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 Summary
In this class , you have learnt …

• How to identify that the signs of the operands

are same or not
• How to compare the magnitudes

• How to do subtraction using 2’s complement

method
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 Frequently asked questions

1. If A=1001 and B=0111 find A-B using 2’s

complement method

2. If A=0110 and B=1000 find A-B using 2’s

complement method

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 Quiz
1. After subtraction if the carry is 0, the following
operations have to be performed in 2’s
complement method

a) Complement the carry

b) Add 1 to the result
c) Complement the result
d) Complement the result and add1 to the result

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