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 ...

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.