IEEE Standard

|Min normal|
2^min_e
|Min|
2^(min_e - M)
Bias
2^(E-1) - 1
E bits
Inf encoding
E=1s M=0s
M bits
Max
2^max_e * (2 - 2^-M)
Max exp
2^(E-1) - 1
Min exp
2 - 2^(E-1)
NaN encoding
E=1s M≠0s
Regular IEEE
Regular IEEE
Zero encoding
E=0s M=0s