Microprocessor and Interfacing

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Multiply & Divide

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MUL SOURCE
➢ Source times AL
➢ Source times AX
➢ Source can be a register or memory location
➢ Result for Byte multiplication in AX
➢ Result for Word multiplication in DX :AX
➢ CF and OF zero if MSB/MSW zero
➢ AF,PF,SF,ZF -undefined

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MUL BH
MUL CX
MUL BYTE PTR [BX]

MOV AX, MULTIPLICAND _16 Multiplying byte with a word requires

the byte’s MSB to be filled with 0’s
MOV CL, MULTIPLIER _8
MOV CH, 00H
MUL CX

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.MODEL TINY
.DATA
MULTIPLICAND DW 2040H
MULTIPLIER DW 2000H
PRODUCT1 DW ?
PRODUCT2 DW ?

.CODE
.STARTUP
MOV AX, MULTIPLICAND
MUL MULTIPLIER
MOV PRODUCT1, AX
MOV PRODUCT2, DX
.EXIT
END

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IMUL SOURCE
▪ Signed Multiplication
▪ Source times AL
▪ Source times AX
▪ Source can be a register or memory location
▪ Result for Byte multiplication in AX
▪ Result for Word multiplication in DX :AX
▪ CF and OF zero if MSB/MSW zero ---- allows the user to detect and perhaps
discard unnecessary leading zero’s in a result. If MSB and MSW contain part of the
result, then both CF=OF=1
▪ AF,PF,SF,ZF -undefined

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IMUL BH
IMUL CX
IMUL BYTE PTR [BX]

MOV CX, MULTIPLICAND _16

MOV AL, MULTIPLIER _8
CBW
IMUL CX

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DIV SOURCE
Divides UNSIGNED WORD by a BYTE
Divides UNSIGNED DWORD by a WORD

➢ Word/Byte
➢ Word in AX,
➢ Byte in Register/Memory location
➢ AL- quotient AH- reminder
To divide a byte by a byte, put the dividend byte in AL
and fill AH with 0’s
➢ DWORD/WORD
➢ DWORD in DX : AX
➢ Word in Register/Memory Location
➢ AX- Quotient DX- Reminder

All Flags undefined

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IDIV SOURCE
SIGNED WORD/BYTE
SIGNED DWORD/WORD

Word/Byte
Dividend Word in AX,
Divisor Byte in Register/Memory location
AL- quotient AH- reminder
To divide a byte by a byte, put the dividend byte in AL
and fill AH with copies of the sign bit from AL.
DWORD/WORD
Dividend DWORD in DX : AX
Divisor Word in Register/Memory Location
AX- Quotient DX- Reminder

All Flags undefined- Sign of remainder same as dividend

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