8 Bit Array Multiplier Verilog Code May 2026

Abstract —This paper presents the design, implementation, and simulation of an 8-bit array multiplier using Verilog HDL. Array multipliers offer a regular structure suitable for VLSI implementation. The design utilizes full adders and half adders arranged in a systolic array to compute the product of two 8-bit unsigned numbers, resulting in a 16-bit output. The code is synthesized for generic digital design and validated through simulation testbenches. 1. Introduction Multiplication is a fundamental arithmetic operation in digital signal processing (DSP), microprocessors, and AI accelerators. While sequential multipliers save area, parallel array multipliers achieve high speed by computing partial products simultaneously. The array multiplier is particularly attractive due to its regular layout, making it easy to fabricate and pipeline.

// Row 1: half adder at LSB, rest pass carry/sum assign sum[0][0] = pp[1][0]; assign carry[0][0] = 1'b0; // Not used 8 bit array multiplier verilog code

// First row (i=0): just pass partial product (no addition) assign P[0] = pp[0][0]; The code is synthesized for generic digital design

endmodule The above manual connection for final product is simplified. A cleaner implementation uses a 2D array of carry-save adders. Below is a more elegant version using generate loops. 4.4 Optimized Structured Version module array_multiplier_8bit_optimized ( input [7:0] A, B, output [15:0] P ); wire [7:0] pp [0:7]; wire [7:0] s [0:7]; // sum between rows wire [7:0] c [0:7]; // carry between rows // Partial product generation generate for (i = 0; i < 8; i = i + 1) begin for (j = 0; j < 8; j = j + 1) begin assign pp[i][j] = A[i] & B[j]; end end endgenerate output [15:0] P )

[ P = \sum_i=0^7 (A \cdot B_i) \cdot 2^i ]