第二章数据的机器级表示和处理.pptVIP

As we know, in IEEE standard, normalized numbers are those with the form: +/- 1.aa…a x 2bb…b, where aa…a can be anything(from 00…0 to 11…1), bb…b can be from 00…01 ( the value is 1-127=-126) to 11…10 (the value is 254-127=127). Considering positive number, the smallest number is 1.00…0 x 2-126 . Between 0 and the smallest number there is a big gap. IEEE use the combination of exponent=00…0 and significand=nonzero to fill in this gap. These number are called denormalized numbers. We briefly call them denorms. In denorm form, the exponent is always 00…0, and no implicit leading 1, the significand is nonzero bit pattern. It means denormalized numbers have form of +/- 0.aa…a x 2-126 , here aa…a can be 0.00…01, 0.000…10, ……., 0.11…1. Any questions about that? There are a lot of things you should think about here. Like 1….,2…..3….. Besides detecting overflow, our ALU also needs to indicate if the result is zero. This is easy to do. All we need is a BIG NOR gate. Then if any of the Result bit is not zero, then the output of the NOR gate will be low. The only time the output of the NOR gate is high is when all the result bits are zeroes. +1 = 43 min. (Y:23) Supplement: why do we need to check if the result is zero? For instructions such as bne, beq, slt, … Besides detecting overflow, our ALU also needs to indicate if the result is zero. This is easy to do. All we need is a BIG NOR gate. Then if any of the Result bit is not zero, then the output of the NOR gate will be low. The only time the output of the NOR gate is high is when all the result bits are zeroes. +1 = 43 min. (Y:23) Supplement: why do we need to check if the result is zero? For instructions such as bne, beq, slt, … Besides detecting overflow, our ALU also needs to indicate if the result is zero. This is easy to do. All we need is a BIG NOR gate. Then if any of the Result bit is not zero, then the output of the NOR gate will be low. The only time the output of the NOR gate is high is when all the resu