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The IDDD-643 standard defines a 16-bit format for storing numbers, with the first bit for sign, five bits for the exponent plus bias, and ten bits for the mantissa. The smallest exponent that can be stored, calculated from the binary representation, is -15. This document also includes a note on copyright permissions for reproduction of the work.

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Chapter1_Prob13

The IDDD-643 standard defines a 16-bit format for storing numbers, with the first bit for sign, five bits for the exponent plus bias, and ten bits for the mantissa. The smallest exponent that can be stored, calculated from the binary representation, is -15. This document also includes a note on copyright permissions for reproduction of the work.

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1.13 Suppose a new standard, the IDDD-643 standard, is developed for storing numbers in a string of 16
bits. The first bit is used for the sign of the number (0 if positive and 1 if negative). The next five bits store
the exponent plus the bias, and the remaining 10 bits store the mantissa. The bias is 15 and no bits are
reserved for any special purposes. What is the smallest exponent that can be stored?

Solution

The smallest exponent that can be stored in binary form is 00000, so the exponent plus the bias
would be 0, meaning that the exponent is 0-15 = -15. So, the smallest exponent that can be stored
is -15.

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