Definition:Floating Point Representation/Examples/CRAY-1

Example of Floating Point Representation

In the CRAY-1 supercomputer, a number is held in floating point representation in a total of $64$ bits, of which $15$ bits hold the exponent.

Sources

• 1986: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers ... (previous) ... (next): $2^{86243} - 1$