Overview of IEEE Standard Single- and Double-Precision Formats
3-13Instruction SetSPRU733
Normalized:
1s × 2(e1023) × 1.f 0 < e < 2047
Denormalized (Subnormal):
1s × 21022 × 0.f e = 0; f nonzero
Table 36 shows the s, e, and f values for special double-precision floating-
point numbers.
Table 36. Special Double-Precision Values
Symbol Sign (s) Exponent (e) Fraction (f)
+0 0 0 0
0100
+Inf 0 2047 0
Inf 1 2047 0
NaN x 2047 nonzero
QNaN x 2047 1xx..x
SNaN x 2047 0xx..x and nonzero
Table 37 shows hexadecimal and decimal values for some double-precision
floating-point numbers.
Table 37. Hexadecimal and Decimal Representation for Selected Double-Precision Values
Symbol Hex Value Decimal Value
NaN_out 7FFFFFFF FFFF FFFF QNaN
0 00000000 0000 0000 0.0
0 8000 0000 0000 0000 0.0
1 3FF00000 0000 0000 1.0
2 40000000 0000 0000 2.0
LFPN 7FEFFFFF FFFF FFFF 1.7976931348623157e+308
SFPN 0010 0000 0000 0000 2.2250738585072014e308
LDFPN 000FFFFF FFFF FFFF 2.2250738585072009e308
SDFPN 00000000 0000 0001 4.9406564584124654e324