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Modern Computer Architecture and Organization – Second Edition

You're reading from   Modern Computer Architecture and Organization – Second Edition Learn x86, ARM, and RISC-V architectures and the design of smartphones, PCs, and cloud servers

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2022
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781803234519
Length 666 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Preface 1. Introducing Computer Architecture FREE CHAPTER 2. Digital Logic 3. Processor Elements 4. Computer System Components 5. Hardware-Software Interface 6. Specialized Computing Domains 7. Processor and Memory Architectures 8. Performance-Enhancing Techniques 9. Specialized Processor Extensions 10. Modern Processor Architectures and Instruction Sets 11. The RISC-V Architecture and Instruction Set 12. Processor Virtualization 13. Domain-Specific Computer Architectures 14. Cybersecurity and Confidential Computing Architectures 15. Blockchain and Bitcoin Mining Architectures 16. Self-Driving Vehicle Architectures 17. Quantum Computing and Other Future Directions in Computer Architectures 18. Other Books You May Enjoy
19. Index
Appendix

Exercises

Using a programming language that allows access to the byte representation of floating-point data types (such as C or C++), write a function that accepts a 32-bit single-precision value as input. Extract the sign, exponent, and mantissa from the bytes of the floating-point value and display them. Remove the bias term from the exponent before displaying its value and display the mantissa as a decimal number. Test the program with the values 0, -0, 1, -1, 6.674e-11, 1.0e38, 1.0e39, 1.0e-38, and 1.0e-39. The numeric values listed here containing e are using the C/C++ text representation of floating-point numbers. For example, 6.674e-11 means 6.674 x 10-11.

  1. Modify the program from Exercise 1 to also accept a double-precision floating-point value, and print the sign, exponent (with the bias removed), and mantissa from the value. Test it with the same input values as in Exercise 1, and with the values 1.0e308, 1.0e309, 1.0e-308, and 1.0e-309.
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