Square a number in NASM assembly without multiplication

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Published on 2010-04-11T01:14:51Z Indexed on 2010/04/11 1:23 UTC
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Is it possible to square a number stored in a register (say eax) without doing any multiplication (by using shifts, etc)? I will be squaring a 16-bit number in 32-bit assembly so overflow shouldn't be an issue. I am using NASM x86 assembly to create the program. Thanks in advance for your help.

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