The signess of the C type accepted by the C API (like uid_t, etc) is not always known. We need to accept values that fit in corresponding both signed and unsigned C types. Even if the type is unsigned ...

When you specify the integer bitwidth in alloy, it always gives you signed integers, ie writing run {} for 3 Int will give you {-4, ... 3}. Many models only need the positive integers, so we'd get ...

The ability to work with any programming language requires a good understanding of the data types it offers in order to comprehend the language’s possibilities and limitations. In this article, I look ...

The ordering of bytes differs between the "big endian" and "little endian" platforms. These colloquial terms are used to describe byte ordering for IBM mainframes (big endian) and for Intel-based ...

Abstract: Modern FPGAs come now with a significant number of on-chip n-bit/spl times/n-bit multipliers, which would help designers to efficiently implement multiplication-intensive applications.