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Floating Point Representation of Data: By-Astha Jain Class-It1 0827IT171019

This document discusses floating point numbers and their representation. It covers: - Floating point numbers use scientific notation to represent very large and small numbers. - They are represented by a sign bit, exponent field, and fraction field according to the IEEE 754 standard. - Normalized floating point numbers have a hidden leading 1 for the fraction, while de-normalized numbers use a leading 0 to represent zero. - Floating point addition, subtraction, and multiplication may require re-aligning operands, normalizing results, and can result in errors like overflow or underprecision.

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Floating Point Representation of Data: By-Astha Jain Class-It1 0827IT171019

This document discusses floating point numbers and their representation. It covers: - Floating point numbers use scientific notation to represent very large and small numbers. - They are represented by a sign bit, exponent field, and fraction field according to the IEEE 754 standard. - Normalized floating point numbers have a hidden leading 1 for the fraction, while de-normalized numbers use a leading 0 to represent zero. - Floating point addition, subtraction, and multiplication may require re-aligning operands, normalizing results, and can result in errors like overflow or underprecision.

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Floating Point

Representation of Data

BY-ASTHA JAIN
CLASS-IT1
0827IT171019
Contents….
 Floating Point Numbers
 Floating Point
Representation
 IEEE Floating Point
Standard
 Normalised Form
 De-Normalised Form
 Floating Point operations
and their Flowchart
 Addition
 Subtraction
 Multiplication
 Thank-You
The World is Not Just Integers

 Programming languages support numbers with fraction


Called floating-point numbers
Examples:
3.14159265… (π)
2.71828… (e)
0.000000001 or 1.0 × 10–9 (seconds in a nanosecond)
86,400,000,000,000 or 8.64 × 1013 (nanoseconds in a day)
last number is a large integer that cannot fit in a 32-bit integer
 We use a scientific notation to represent
Very small numbers (e.g. 1.0 × 10–9)
Very large numbers (e.g. 8.64 × 1013)
Scientific notation: ± d. f1f2f3f4 … × 10 ± e1e2e3 The World is Not Just Integers
Floating Point Numbers?

 Examples of floating-point numbers in base 10 …


5.341×103 , 0.05341×105 , –2.013×10–1 , –201.3×10–3
Examples of floating-point numbers in base 2 …
1.00101×223 , 0.0100101×225 , –1.101101×2–3 , –1101.101×2–6
Exponents are kept in decimal for clarity
The binary number (1101.101)2 = 23+22+20+2–1+2–3 = 13.625
Floating-point numbers should be normalized
Exactly one non-zero digit should appear before the point
In a decimal number, this digit can be from 1 to 9
In a binary number, this digit should be 1
Normalized FP Numbers: 5.341×103 and –1.101101×2–3
NOT Normalized: 0.05341×105 and –1101.101×2–6
Floating-Point Representation

 A floating-point number is represented by the triple


S is the Sign bit (0 is positive and 1 is negative)
Representation is called sign and magnitude
E is the Exponent field (signed)
Very large numbers have large positive exponents
Very small close-to-zero numbers have negative exponents
More bits in exponent field increases range of values
F is the Fraction field (fraction after binary point)
More bits in fraction field improves the precision of FP numbers
Value of a floating-point number = (-1)S × val(F) × 2val€
IEEE 754 Floating-Point Standard

 Found in virtually every computer invented since 1980


Simplified porting of floating-point numbers
Unified the development of floating-point algorithms
Increased the accuracy of floating-point numbers
 Single Precision Floating Point Numbers (32 bits)
1-bit sign + 8-bit exponent + 23-bit fraction
 Double Precision Floating Point Numbers (64 bits)
1-bit sign + 11-bit exponent + 52-bit fraction
Normalized Floating Point Numbers

 For a normalized floating point number (S, E, F)


 Significand is equal to (1.F)2 = (1.f1f2f3f4…)2
IEEE 754 assumes hidden 1. (not stored) for normalized numbers
 Significand is 1 bit longer than fraction
 Value of a Normalized Floating Point Number is
(–1)S × (1.F)2 × 2val(E)
(–1)S × (1.f1f2f3f4 …)2 × 2val(E)
(–1)S × (1 + f1×2-1 + f2×2-2 + f3×2-3 + f4×2-4 …)2 × 2val(E)
(–1)S is 1 when S is 0 (positive), and –1 when S is 1 (negative)
De-Normalized Form

 Normalized form has a serious problem, with an implicit leading 1 for the fraction,
it cannot represent the number zero!
 De-normalized form was devised to represent zero and other numbers.
 For E=0, the numbers are in the de-normalized form. An implicit leading 0
(instead of 1) is used for the fraction; and the actual exponent is always -126.
 Hence, the number zero can be represented with E=0 and F=0 (because 0.0×2^-126=0).
Floating Point Operations

 Addition
 Subtraction
 Multiplication
Floating Point Addition

 Floating Point Addition


• To add two floating point values, they have to be aligned so that they
have the same exponent.
• After addition, the sum may need to be normalized.
• Potential errors include overflow, underflow and inexact results.
• Examples:
2.34 ´ 103 6.22´ 108 + 0.88 ´ 103 + 3.93 ´108 3.22 ´ 103 10.15 ´108 = 1.015 ´10^8
Flowchart
Floating Point Subtraction

• Subtracting floating point values also requires re-alignment so that they


have the same exponent.
• After subtraction, the difference may need to be normalized.
• Potential errors include overflow, underflow and inexact results, and the
difference may have one signficant bit less than the operands..
• Examples: 2.34 ´ 103 6.44 ´ 104 -0.88 ´ 103 - 6.23 ´104 1.46 ´ 103 0.21 ´104 =
2.1´103
Flowchart
Floating Point Multiplication

• Multiplying floating point values does not requires realignment - realigning


may lead to loss of significance.
• After multiplication, the product may need to be normalized.
• Potential errors include overflow, underflow and inexact results.
• Examples: 2.4 ´ 10-3 ´ 6.3 ´ 102 15.12 ´101 = 1.512´102
Flowchart

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