IEEE 754-2008 contains a half precision that is only 16 bits wide. The left most bit is
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IEEE 754-2008 contains a half precision that is only 16 bits wide. The left most bit is still the sign bit, the exponent is 5 bits wide and has a bias of 15, and the mantissa is 10 bits long. A hidden 1 is assumed. Write down the bit pattern to represent -1.5625 × 10-1 assuming a version of this format, which uses an excess-16 format to store the exponent. Comment on how the range and accuracy of this 16-bit floating point format compares to the single precision IEEE 754 standard.
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Computer Organization and Design The Hardware Software Interface
ISBN: 978-0124077263
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Authors: David A. Patterson, John L. Hennessy
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