Motorola DSP96002 , MOTOROLA DSP96002 USERS MANUAL C-3, , Table C-1. Parameters for Numerical Formats, Figure C-1. SP and DP IEEE Formats

MOTOROLA DSP96002 USER’S MANUAL C-3
Figure C-1. SP and DP IEEE Formats
31 30 23 22 0
S8-bit biased
exponent 23-bit fraction
Single Precision (SP)
Double Precision (DP)
S11-bit biased
exponent 52-bit fraction
63 62 52 51 0
p-1 bias e
min
e
max Emin Emax
SP 23 127 +1 + 254 - 126 + 127
DP 52 1023 +1 +2046 -1022 +1023
Table C-1. Parameters for Numerical Formats
f = •b
1
b
2
•••b
p-1
There are 23 fractional bits (p=24) (bits 0 through 22) in the SP format, and 52 fractional bits
(p=53) (bits 0 through 51) in the DP format. Note that bit b
0
is not explicitly represented.
The sign bit, exponent, and fraction fields encode the numerical values of floating-point numbers, as well as
± 0, ± ∞ , and NaNs as follows:
1. Normalized Numerical Values ( E
min
≤ E ≤ E
max
): For numerical values, the biased exponent
e lies between e
min
and e
max
, inclusive. Equivalently, the exponent E takes on values between
E
min
and E
max
inclusive. Table C-1 summarizes these values for SP and DP. If the biased ex-
ponent e is equal to or greater than e
min
( E is greater than E
min
), the number in question is
called normalized ( i.e. the implicit integer value b0 is equal to one). Note that this integer value,
b
0
, is not stored in memory. Normalized numbers x are equal in value to:
x = (-1)
s
• 2
e - bias
1.f
where 1.f is a binary, fixed point number, i.e.:
1.f = 1+(o.5) • b
1
+ (0.25) • b
2
+...+ (–
1
2
)
p-1
• b
p-1
Therefore, the smallest magnitude of any normalized number, X
min, n
, is equal to ( e=e
min
, f=0):
x
min,n
= 1 • 2
emin - bias
= 1• 2
Emin
Using the value from Table C-1, this equals approximately 1.18 • 10
-38
for SP numbers.
The largest normalized numerical value that can be represented equals (all b
i
=1, e=e
max
):