• DocumentCode
    1074193
  • Title

    Underflow and the Denormalized Numbers

  • Author

    Coonen, Jerome T.

  • Author_Institution
    University of California, Berkeley Zilog, Inc.
  • Volume
    14
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1981
  • fDate
    3/1/1981 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    75
  • Lastpage
    87
  • Abstract
    Although there have been misconceptions about it, gradual underflow fits naturally into the proposed standard and leads to simple, general statements about the arithmetic.
  • Keywords
    Computer Society; Costs; Digital arithmetic; Encoding; Floating-point arithmetic; Manufacturing; Microprocessors; Proposals; Springs; Standards development;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Computer
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9162
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/C-M.1981.220382
  • Filename
    1667289