Okay so I can't seem to find anything definitive on the subject. Really my needs are pretty simple. I am using PHP5/SOAP to call a remote web service on a box hosted by a 3rd party. I have no problem ...
1. Multiplying one byte by 256 then ORing it with the low order byte. 2. Bit shift the high byte and OR it with low order byte. Which is faster and is there a better way?
Remember the early 90's when we were transitioning from 16-bit to 32-bit operating systems? Some people were unimpressed, but I think most of us could see that 32-bit systems were going to solve an ...
Multiplication on a common microcontroller is easy. But division is much more difficult. Even with hardware assistance, a 32-bit division on a modern 64-bit x86 CPU can run between 9 and 15 cycles.