Those later types of adders/ALU's came with several different adder types, e.g.
fast-carry, carry-save, etc. The '181 was the normal ALU and the '182 was the
lookahead carry generator. That relationship is clouded in the later versions,
since they're really both adders. You need to examine the specifics of the
version you're using and how it's applied to determine its role in a digital
signal processing application.
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Donoghue" <jdonogh1(a)prodigy.net>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2001 3:24 PM
Subject: Unknown IC
Anybody know what a 74F582 is? 24-pin DIP, it's on
a processor board along
with several 74LS181's and various others. Thanks.