Consider the half-precision floating-point format, which has five bits for the exponent and ten bits for the significand. Find the decimal (i.e., base 10) number represented by the following bits in the half-precision floating- point format: (a) 0100110001110000. (b) 1000001111111111. (c) 0111110000000000.

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Consider the half-precision floating-point format, which has five
bits for the exponent and ten bits for the significand. Find the decimal (i.e.,
base 10) number represented by the following bits in the half-precision floating-
point format:
(a) 0100110001110000.
(b) 1000001111 1111.
(c) 0111110000000000.
Transcribed Image Text:Consider the half-precision floating-point format, which has five bits for the exponent and ten bits for the significand. Find the decimal (i.e., base 10) number represented by the following bits in the half-precision floating- point format: (a) 0100110001110000. (b) 1000001111 1111. (c) 0111110000000000.
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