Suppose somebody asked us to design a Multiplier, what should we focus on?
Some may say that we should focus on Low Power, Low Area, working at a certain frequency etc.
- Function/Logic
The function or the logic is the primary part to consider while designing any system while power, area, frequency and all come later. What is the use if we get wrong results out of a design which is power wise or area wise or timing wise very perfect. In every data sheets of IC, the first thing stated is the function of the IC and that shows that function has priority over the others.
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