Systems Architecture
Systems Architecture
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ISBN: 9781305080195
Author: Stephen D. Burd
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 3, Problem 7RQ

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Reasons that a programmer representing a data item in Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) binary 128 floating point format:

  • To represent real numbers, floating point format is used.
  • To mitigate the impact of truncation, the programmers use binary 128.
  • Binary 128 is supported by current microprocessors...

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Additional cost incurred when using 128-bit format:

  • If the programmer chooses IEEE 128 floating point format instead of 64 bit format, then it uses more amount of storage space...

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