We investigated a Goldschmidt's single flux quantum (SFQ) floating-point divider that is suitable for the implementation using the bit-serial pipelined SFQ circuit. We designed the bit-serial SFQ divider that outputs the 11-bit quotient. The simulation results show correct operation at the frequency of 50 GHz and bias margin of 80-125%. We also estimated dependence of latency and the number of Josephson junctions on accuracy of outputs. According to the estimation, double-precision SFQ divider can be designed using 27000 Josephson junctions, which can be implemented on one chip using the current SFQ circuit fabrication technology. Because of the small circuit area and multiplier-based hardware architecture, the investigated divider can be applied to build an SFQ graphical processing unit.
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