<p>Regardless of the numeric base, scientific notation breaks numbers into three parts: sign, mantissa, and exponent. In this episode, we discuss how the computer stores those three parts to memory, and why IEEE 754 puts them together the way it does.</p>

Regardless of the numeric base, scientific notation breaks numbers into three parts: sign, mantissa, and exponent. In this episode, we discuss how the computer stores those three parts to memory, and why IEEE 754 puts them together the way it does.

Episode 3.07 - Introduction to Floating Point Binary and IEEE 754 Notation

Geek Author presents educational series covering computer organization, computer architecture, and embedded system design.  Each episode is a concise step taking the listener on a journey from the foundations of digital logic up to computer architecture and finally to system level input and output. The series is presented by engineer, author, and educator David Tarnoff. After a career in industry designing motherboards and BIOSes, David began teaching hardware concepts to students of computer science. Twenty-five years later, he's taking that content and providing it to anyone with an interest in what makes a computer tick.

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Geek Author presents educational series covering computer organization, computer architecture, and embedded system design. Each episode is a concise step taking the listener on a journey from the foundations of digital logic up to computer architecture and finally to system level input and output. The series is presented by engineer, author, and educator David Tarnoff. After a career in industry designing motherboards and BIOSes, David began teaching hardware concepts to students of computer science. Twenty-five years later, he's taking that content and providing it to anyone with an interest in what makes a computer tick.

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Episode 3.07 - Introduction to Floating Point Binary and IEEE 754 Notation

Episode 3.07 - Introduction to Floating Point Binary and IEEE 754 Notation