Dit 705 - DSP - 6
Dit 705 - DSP - 6
There are two major approaches to store real numbers (i.e., numbers with fractional component)
in modern computing. These are:
1. Fixed Point representation: this has a fixed number of digits after the decimal point.
2. Floating Point representation: number allows for a varying number of digits after the decimal
point
FIXED-POINT NUMBER REPRESENTATION
This format is designed to represent and manipulate integers
(positive or negative whole numbers) in a minimum of 16-bits,
that is; 216 = 65,536 possible bits patterns. From the 16-bits, it
reserves 1-bit for the sign part, the 15-bit for the integer and 16-
bits for the fraction part.
In fixed-point representation, the negative sign (-) is represented
as (1) in binary while the positive sign (+) is represented as (0) in
binary.
There are three parts of a fixed-point number
representation: the sign field, integer field, and fractional
field.