HI FELLOWS
I HAVE SOEM PROBLEM WITH FLOATING POINT ADDITION AS SHOWN BY THE
METHOD (FAST16) IN BLACKFIN EE185 NOTES FROM ANALOG DEVICES. THE
PROBLEM COMES WEN THE EXPONENT ARE DIFFRNT. example to multiply 3 and
0.5 . i detect the problem as in shifting the mantissa relative to
othere
regards
prasanth
EE185 FROM ADI BLACKFIN
Started by ●May 15, 2005
Reply by ●May 15, 20052005-05-15
On Sun, 15 May 2005, emailtoprs wrote:
> HI FELLOWS
> I HAVE SOEM PROBLEM WITH FLOATING POINT ADDITION AS SHOWN BY THE
> METHOD (FAST16) IN BLACKFIN EE185 NOTES FROM ANALOG DEVICES. THE
> PROBLEM COMES WEN THE EXPONENT ARE DIFFRNT. example to multiply 3 and
> 0.5 . i detect the problem as in shifting the mantissa relative to
> othere
That's what you are supposed to do. If you add 3 and .5 you need to get
3.5, not 8. If you don't shift the mantissa you won't get the right
answer.
Patience, persistence, truth,
Dr. mike
> HI FELLOWS
> I HAVE SOEM PROBLEM WITH FLOATING POINT ADDITION AS SHOWN BY THE
> METHOD (FAST16) IN BLACKFIN EE185 NOTES FROM ANALOG DEVICES. THE
> PROBLEM COMES WEN THE EXPONENT ARE DIFFRNT. example to multiply 3 and
> 0.5 . i detect the problem as in shifting the mantissa relative to
> othere
That's what you are supposed to do. If you add 3 and .5 you need to get
3.5, not 8. If you don't shift the mantissa you won't get the right
answer.
Patience, persistence, truth,
Dr. mike
