Makara Journal of Technology
Vol. 15, No. 1

Are IEEE 754 32-Bit and 64-Bit Binary Floating-Point Accurate Enough?

Hutabarat, Bernaridho (Unknown)
Purnama, I Ketut Eddy (Unknown)
Hariadi, Mochamad (Unknown)
Purnomo, Mauridhi Hery (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
01 Apr 2011

Abstract

This paper describes a research toward the accuracy of floating-point values, and effort to reveal the real accuracy. The methods used in this research paper are assignment of values, assignment of value of arithmetic expressions, and output the values using floating-point value format that helps reveal the accuracy. The programming-tool used are Visual C# 9, Visual C++ 9, Java 5, and Visual BASIC 9. These tools run on top of Intel 80 x 86 hardware. The results show that 1*10-x cannot be accurately represented, and the approximate accuracy ranges only from 7 to 16 decimal digits.

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Journal Info

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publication:mjt

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Subject

Chemical Engineering, Chemistry & Bioengineering Civil Engineering, Building, Construction & Architecture Electrical & Electronics Engineering Engineering Materials Science & Nanotechnology Mechanical Engineering

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MAKARA Journal of Technology is a peer-reviewed multidisciplinary journal committed to the advancement of scholarly knowledge and research findings of the several branches of Engineering and Technology. The Journal publishes new results, original articles, reviews, and research notes whose content ...