Squeezing out More from the Bits

• Since every non-zero binary f.p. number (normalised) is of the form:

  • 1.sss...sss *2E

• We do not have to represent explicitly the 1 in the word, and can therefore interpret the bit-pattern as:

  • (-1)S (1 + significand) * 2E

• thus ‘reclaiming’ an extra bit!

• E= 0000 0000 is reserved for zero.

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