15-213 Introduction to Computer Systems
Lecture 4: Floating Point

• Reading: Ch 2.4
• Slides: none
• Code: none
• Concepts:
  • Decimal point vs binary point
  • IEEE floating point standard
  • Normalized values
  • Denormalized values
  • Floats and double in C
  • Rounding
• Previous lecture: Integers
• Next lecture: Machine Programs

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