Problem Set 6

from Computer Organization and Design, Fourth Edition (Revised Printing)

Problems:

• What values do the following 32-bit patterns represent when interpreted as single-precision floating-point numbers:

  • 1011 1111 0100 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
  • 0100 0001 0010 1000 0000 0000 0000 0000
  • 0100 0100 0111 1010 0000 0000 0000 0000
  • 0111 1111 1000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000

• Convert the following floating-point values into IEEE 754 representation:

  • 3.75
  • -12.625
  • 16.0

• Problem 2.10.1 from the textbook

• Problem 2.10.2 from the textbook

• Problem 2.10.4 from the textbook

• Problem 2.11.3 from the textbook

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