Motorola MVME187 manual Single Precision Real, Double Precision Real, hex digits. Bias = $7F

Models: MVME187

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Single Precision Real

Floating Point Support

Single Precision Real

This format would appear in memory as:

1-bit sign Þeld

(1 binary digit)

8-bit biased exponent Þeld

(2 hex digits. Bias = $7F)

23-bit fraction Þeld

(6 hex digits)

A single precision number takes 4 bytes in memory.

Double Precision Real

This format would appear in memory as:

1-bit sign Þeld

(1 binary digit)

11-bit biased exponent Þeld

(3 hex digits. Bias = $3FF)

52-bit fraction Þeld

(13 hex digits)

A double precision number takes 8 bytes in memory.

Note The single and double precision formats have an implied integer bit (always 1).

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Motorola MVME187 manual Single Precision Real, Double Precision Real, hex digits. Bias = $7F, hex digits. Bias = $3FF