A way to represent very large and very small numbers using the same quantity of numeric positions. Floating point also enables calculating a wide range of numbers very quickly. Although floating point ...

People learn in different ways, but sometimes the establishment fixates on explaining a concept in one way. If that’s not your way you might be out of luck. If you have trouble internalizing floating ...

The traditional view is that the floating-point number format is superior to the fixed-point number format when it comes to representing sound digitally. In fact, while it may be counter-intuitive, ...

Have you ever thought of writing your own compiler? This is Part 2 of a series on compiler basics. Check out Part 1, where I begin by demonstrating a simple yet efficient way of reading the original ...

Before we show how to optimize a FIR filter, let's review the basics of DSP architectures. (If you are already familiar with these basics, you can skip ahead to the page 2. To learn more about the ...

The term floating point is derived from the fact that there is no fixed number of digits before and after the decimal point; namely, the decimal point can float. There are also representations in ...