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Signed: Inputs Outputs A B Carry IN Carry OUT SUM Overflow

The document discusses arithmetic overflow which occurs when the result of an operation is too large to fit in the data type. For signed 2's complement numbers, overflow is detected if both operands are positive and the result is negative, or both are negative and the result is positive. Overflow in unsigned addition occurs if there is a carry out of the leftmost bit. The overflow signal is triggered when the carry in and carry out are different.

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Signed: Inputs Outputs A B Carry IN Carry OUT SUM Overflow

The document discusses arithmetic overflow which occurs when the result of an operation is too large to fit in the data type. For signed 2's complement numbers, overflow is detected if both operands are positive and the result is negative, or both are negative and the result is positive. Overflow in unsigned addition occurs if there is a carry out of the leftmost bit. The overflow signal is triggered when the carry in and carry out are different.

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Arithmetic operations have a potential to run into a condition known

as overflow.
Overflow occurs with respect to the size of the data type that must
accommodate the result.
Overflow indicates that the result was too large or too small to fit in the
original data type.
When two signed 2's complement numbers are added, overflow is detected if:
1. both operands are positive and the result is negative, or
2. both operands are negative and the result is positive.
When two unsigned numbers are added, overflow occurrs if
o there is a carry out of the leftmost bit.










When operands have opposite signs, their sum will never overflow.
There is no overflow, if:
o both operands are positive and the sum is positive.
o both operands are negative and the sum is negative.
When two signed 2's complement numbers are added, overflow is detected if:
o both operands are positive and the sum is negative, or
o both operands are negative and the sum is positive.
The overflow occurs only when
o CARRY
in
CARRY
out

or simply
o V = C
in
XOR C
out

where V is the overflow signal.

INPUTS OUTPUTS
A
sign
B
sign

CARRY
IN
CARRY
OUT
SUM
sign
OVERFLOW
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 1 0 1 1
0 1 0 0 1 0
0 1 1 1 0 0
1 0 0 0 1 0
1 0 1 1 0 0
1 1 0 1 0 1
1 1 1 1 1 0
Overflow Detection Circuit for 2's Complement Addition



Overflow Detection Circuit for Unsigned Addition

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