computing, decimal64 is a decimal floating-point computer number format that occupies 8 bytes (64 bits) in computer memory. Decimal64 is a decimal floating-point...
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quadruple precision (or quad precision) is a binary floating-point–based computer number format that occupies 16 bytes (128 bits) with precision at least...
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Extended precision (redirect from 80-bit floating point format)
floating-point number formats that provide greater precision than the basic floating-point formats. Extended-precision formats support a basic format...
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Double-precision floating-point format (sometimes called FP64 or float64) is a floating-point number format, usually occupying 64 bits in computer memory;...
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Hexadecimal floating point (now called HFP by IBM) is a format for encoding floating-point numbers first introduced on the IBM System/360 computers, and...
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The bfloat16 (brain floating point) floating-point format is a computer number format occupying 16 bits in computer memory; it represents a wide dynamic...
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Single-precision floating-point format (sometimes called FP32 or float32) is a computer number format, usually occupying 32 bits in computer memory; it...
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precision (sometimes called FP16 or float16) is a binary floating-point computer number format that occupies 16 bits (two bytes in modern computers) in...
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In computing, octuple precision is a binary floating-point-based computer number format that occupies 32 bytes (256 bits) in computer memory. This 256-bit...
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decimal floating-point computer numbering format that occupies 4 bytes (32 bits) in computer memory. Like the binary16 and binary32 formats, decimal32...
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In computing, decimal128 is a decimal floating-point number format that occupies 128 bits in memory. Formally introduced in IEEE 754-2008, it is intended...
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intermediate calculations. Other IEEE formats include: Decimal64 and decimal128 floating-point formats. These formats (especially decimal128) are pervasive in financial...
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Decimal floating-point (DFP) arithmetic refers to both a representation and operations on decimal floating-point numbers. Working directly with decimal...
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IEEE 754 (redirect from IEEE Floating Point Standard)
IEEE 754 standard. The standard defines: arithmetic formats: sets of binary and decimal floating-point data, which consist of finite numbers (including signed...
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In computing, Microsoft Binary Format (MBF) is a format for floating-point numbers which was used in Microsoft's BASIC languages, including MBASIC, GW-BASIC...
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Microscaling (MX) formats are a type of Block Floating Point (BFP) data format specifically designed for AI and machine learning workloads. The MX format, endorsed...
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Decimal data type (section Standard formats)
floating-point decimal data types of different precision: Decimal32 floating-point format Decimal64 floating-point format Decimal128 floating-point format...
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TensorFloat-32 (category Floating point types)
TensorFloat-32 (TF32) is a numeric floating point format designed for Tensor Core running on certain Nvidia GPUs. The binary format is: 1 sign bit 8 exponent bits...
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equal to the largest value that can be represented in the IEEE decimal64 floating-point format. Mathematics: 997# × 31# × 7 × 52 × 34 × 27 = 7 128 865 274...
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number in a floating-point representation which is within the balanced range supported by a given floating-point format: it is a floating point number that...
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Minifloat (category Floating point types)
In computing, minifloats are floating-point values represented with very few bits. This reduced precision makes them ill-suited for general-purpose numerical...
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NaN (section Floating point)
a floating-point number) which is undefined as a number, such as the result of 0/0. Systematic use of NaNs was introduced by the IEEE 754 floating-point...
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IEEE 854-1987 (category Floating point)
formats for radix 10 floating-point values, and even more so with IEEE 754-2019. IEEE 754-2008 also had many other updates to the IEEE floating-point...
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Densely packed decimal (redirect from Decimal encoding (decimal floating point))
integer decimal (BID) decimal32 floating-point format decimal64 floating-point format decimal128 floating-point format DEC RADIX 50 / MOD40 IBM SQUOZE...
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Binary integer decimal (redirect from Cohort (floating point))
The IEEE 754-2008 standard includes decimal floating-point number formats in which the significand and the exponent (and the payloads of NaNs) can be...
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in the IEEE binary floating-point formats, but they do exist in some other formats, including the IEEE decimal floating-point formats. Some systems handle...
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least as precise as double. As with C's other floating-point types, it may not necessarily map to an IEEE format. The long double type was present in the original...
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delimited the value. Numbers can be stored in a fixed-point format, or in a floating-point format as a significand multiplied by an arbitrary exponent...
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The following table lists machine epsilon values for standard floating-point formats. According to formal definition — used by Prof. Demmel, LAPACK and...
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C syntax (section Floating-point types)
three additional decimal (as opposed to binary) real floating-point types: _Decimal32, _Decimal64, and _Decimal128. NOTE C does not specify a radix for...
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