Mips Technologies R4000 - Binary Fixed-Point Format

Chapter 6
166 MIPS R4000 Microprocessor User's Manual
Table 6-7 Minimum and Maximum Floating-Point Values
6.5 Binary Fixed-Point Format
Binary fixed-point values are held in 2’s complement format. Unsigned
fixed-point values are not directly provided by the floating-point
instruction set. Figure 6-8 illustrates binary fixed-point format; Table 6-8
lists the binary fixed-point format fields.
Figure 6-8 Binary Fixed-Point Format
Field assignments of the binary fixed-point format are:
Table 6-8 Binary Fixed-Point Format Fields
Type Value
Float Minimum 1.40129846e–45
Float Minimum Norm 1.17549435e–38
Float Maximum 3.40282347e+38
Double Minimum 4.9406564584124654e–324
Double Minimum Norm 2.2250738585072014e–308
Double Maximum 1.7976931348623157e+308
Field Description
sign sign bit
integer integer value
31 30 0
Sign
31
1
Integer