A Subtractor

What is subtraction? A - B = A + (-B)

How do you take the negative of a number? Depends on the sign representation (signed magnitude, 1s complement, 2s complement). Lets assume 2’s complement since it is most common).

(-B) = B’ + 1

So:

A - B = A + (-B) = A + B’ + 1

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