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- What is saturating arithmetic and what are its advantages and disadvantages in typical multimedia applications?
- What is meant by saturation arithmetic?
- What is saturation in DSP?
What is saturating arithmetic and what are its advantages and disadvantages in typical multimedia applications?
What is saturating arithmetic and how does it help? Saturating arithmetic eliminates the need for overflows and underflows on MMX instructions. If a result is out of bounds, it is saturated to the closest allowable value. Many multimedia applications benefit from saturating arithmetic by avoiding wraparound artifacts.
What is meant by saturation arithmetic?
Saturation arithmetic is a version of arithmetic in which all operations, such as addition and multiplication, are limited to a fixed range between a minimum and maximum value.
What is saturation in DSP?
• Saturation is a fundamental method to reduce the size of a word, such as after arithmetic operations. – For example to maintain the word width for memory storage. • When saturated, bits are removed from the MSB end of the input word. +
