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OSBITS - An Exploration of the BBC Micro at Machine Level
By Programmer
..........................................................
Part 22: Floating Point Arithmetic
In the last module we used a fixed point arithmetic system
for calculations. The result was relatively fast but was
slightly innacurate since very small numbers were not
represented as well as they could have been.
You will remember that we converted from a real number to a
fixed point number by multiplying by a constant factor. The
decimal example was that 12.34 became 12340 if the constant
factor was 100, and that .0123 became 12 (the last digit
being lost). All our calculating was then done on the new,
larger numbers, which were integers and so we could use
integer arithmetic. When we had our integer result it could
be converted back to its proper size by dividing by the
constant factor. We also needed to know how multilplying
and dividing would be affected by this factor and compensate
for it.
The next logical step in this numbering is to make the
factor variable and to keep track of what it is. This
could, for example, make 12.34 be represented by any of the
following:
1.234 * 10^+1
12.34 * 10^+0
123.4 * 10^-1
1234 * 10^-2
the last digit being a power of 10. This is the scientific
notation used in the BBC Micro but written as E-2 etc. This
part of the number is called the EXPONENT. Since all the
above list are equivalent there is a need to decide on a
normal format for such notation. There is a standard that
says that the first number (the MANTISSA) nust always be
between 0.1 and 1. This would lead to 12.34 being written
as 0.1234E2 (meaning multiplied by 10 to the power 2). The
BBC Micro standard has the mantissa between 1 and 10 so that
12.34 would be 1.234E1 (meaning multiplied by 10 to the
power 1).
Here we have a floating point decimal numbering convention
such that the mantissa is always of a size between two
limits and the exponent is the power of 10 by which you
multiply the mantissa to produce the required number. You
will notice straight away that the mantissa is not an
integer. Does this matter? In fact it does not.
The object with our fixed point system in the last program
modules was to work with integers in the knowledge that our
numbers were in reality 65536 times too large. But they
were only 65536 times too large if we insisted in thinking
of them as integers in this way. The alternative way was to
put a ficticious 'decimal' point between the top two bytes
of the number and the bottom two. This method would have
worked equally well and is essentially the same, it was only
a question of how we visualised the numbers being stored.
The rules for arithmetic for floating point are similar to
those for fixed point, except that the constant factor is
now variable and is known as the exponent.
Addition requires that the exponent of the two numbers be
the same, then the mantissae are added. You keep the size
of the number the same by multiplying the mantissa by 10 to
the power of the number you subtract from the exponent (or
vice versa).
For example
1.23E5 + 2.34E3
setting both to have an exponent of E3
= 123E3 + 2.34E3
= 125.34E3
= 1.2534E5 (re-normalised)
It is up to you which number you de-normalise to match
which. On paper it is often clearer to avoid too many zeros
by de-normalising the larger number.
Subtraction is similar to addition in that the exponents
must be made the same before subtraction, then normalisation
is carried out.
Multiplication is done by multiplying the mantissae and
adding the exponents.
For example
1.23E5 * 2.34E3
= (1.23*2.34)E8
= 2.8782E8
In this case we don't need to renormalise.
Division is similar to multiplication in that we divide the
mantissae and subtract the exponents.
For example
1.23E5 / 2.34E3
= (1.23/2.34)E2
= 0.5256E2
= 5.256E1 approximately
Incidentally, the habit of working with mantissae between 0
and 1 or between 1 and 10 dates back to the days of slide
rules. The slide rule would take care of the calculations
of the mantissae but it was up to you to sort out the
position of your decimal point.
BBC BASIC has a convention for floating point arithmetic
which we will use in this module. Using the exisiting
convention means I can use BBC BASIC to translate from
decimal into floating point instead of writing a conversion
routine. This could be done by modifying the ASCII to
binary routine in module 12.
Five bytes are used to store a number, four bytes of
mantissa and one of exponent.
The binary equivalent of of 3.25 is 11.01 since, after the
binary point, the first place is 'halves' the second is
'quarters', the third is 'eighths' and so on.
To normalise this number under the BBC BASIC conventionwe
must have the binary point at the head of the number such
that
3.25 (decimal) = 11.01 (binary) = .1101 x2^2
This gives us a representation in memory like this
Exponent Mantissa
--------------------------------------------------------
| 00000010 | 11010000 | 00000000 | 00000000 | 00000000 |
--------------------------------------------------------
since the exponent is 2 (10 in binary) and the mantissa is
aligned to the left. In this case, like one of our
conventions for decimal floating point, the mantissa is
always between 0 and 1. In effect you shift the mantissa
until its top bit is set. This means you can check the
negative flag (which reflects bit 7) of the first mantissa
byte if you want to check for normalisation.
It is vital to remember that, unlike integer numbers, where
the most significant byte is stored at the greatest address,
with floating point in the BBC Micro the exponent is at the
lowest address and the mantissa is stored in the next four
higher bytes, with the most significant byte in the LOWEST
address.
Now, because the first bit of the mantissa is ALWAYS going
to be set, unless the number is zero, BASIC uses that top
bit to denote sign. This is not a 2's complement notation,
it is purely and simply a sign bit. If it is set the number
is positive, if it is clear the number is negative. But
remember that this is using a bit that ought to be set as a
flag and in fact the top bit is actually always set.
One final contrivance of BBC BASIC is to add &80 to the
exponent to aid in calculating, so I have done that below.
Hence, this is the representation of 3.25
Exponent Mantissa
--------------------------------------------------------
| 10000010 | 01010000 | 00000000 | 00000000 | 00000000 |
--------------------------------------------------------
&82 &50 &00 &00 &00
and this of -3.25
Exponent Mantissa
--------------------------------------------------------
| 10000010 | 11010000 | 00000000 | 00000000 | 00000000 |
--------------------------------------------------------
&82 &D0 &00 &00 &00
Zero is stored as five zero bytes.
In calculating with floating point numbers of this format we
have three operations. Firstly we carry out the calculation
on the mantissae, secondly we carry out the operation on the
exponents and finally we normalise the result.
The program in this module takes a pair of numbers you enter
and calculates the sum and difference of them using modified
versions of the multi-byte arithmetical routines I have
introduced earlier in the series.
I won't go into great detail here about the program since it
is copiously annotated but a few points are worth
mentioning.
The input of the floating point numbers is done using a
pseudo OPT function defined at the end of the program. It
relies on us knowing where BASIC will store the first
variable beginning with a ` sign (pound). We can use this
knowledge to both put and retrieve BBC BASIC format floating
point numbers.
Ironically, although having separately signed numbers makes
life easier for multiplication and division (next module) it
actually complicates addition and subtraction more than
somewhat. I have introduced an extra byte to act as an
overflow with each of the numbers in the workspace so that
we can convert negative numbers to 2's complement and back
again. In fact the BASIC fp routines also use a rounding
byte to improve precision but that does not seem to be
necessary here.
The main routines for addition and subtraction are
straightforward enough. They are basically five byte
multiple precision similar to those in earlier modules. The
curious difference is that, as I mentioned before, the bytes
are stored back to front with the most significant byte in
the lowest memory location.
In the main section of the program there are these
subroutines:
'move_sign_bit' moves the sign bits from the top of the
mantissae and puts them into a separate byte for later use.
'equate_exponents' denormalises the smaller of the two
numbers so that the exponents of the two numbers are the
same. It does this by rotating the mantissa right (which
makes it smaller) while increasing the exponent until the
exponents match.
'neg_convert' makes any negative numbers into 2's
complement, making use of the extra overflow byte.
Then come the addition or subtraction subroutines.
'neg_convert_back' takes any result that is 2's complement
negative and makes it positive while modifying its sign
byte.
Then we trap a zero result since the zero format is
non-standard and would put the renormalising routine into an
endless loop.
'renormalise' adjusts the result until it is a normalised
number (with the top bit of the mantissa set) as expected by
BASIC. The exponent is adjusted accordingly. If there is
anything in the overflow byte then the whole mantissa
(including the overflow byte) is rotated right until the
overflow byte is empty. The exponent is increased by one
for each rotation. If, during the course of this increment,
the exponent becomes zero then we have generated a number
too large for the system to handle, and an error is
generated. It has the number 20 but I have given it a
different message to the standard 'too big'.
If the overflow byte is empty then the rest of the mantissa
is rotated left until the top bit of the mantissa is set.
The exponent is decreased by one for each rotation. Of
course if the top bit is already set then the number is
correct.
Finally the routine at 'replace_top_bit' calculates the new
sign bit and replaces the top bit of the mantissa with it.
When you run the program you may have to be in MODE 7
because the assember code is rather long. You enter a
couple of numbers of virtually any size, and you will be
able to compare the addition and subtraction results from
this machine code and from BASIC. The machine code here is
almost twice as fast as BASIC although in some circumstances
it is not quite as precise. This is only likely to show as
a difference of 1 in the smallest significant digit between
the two proffered results.
Next time multiplication and division.
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There i| 00000630 73 20 61 20 73 74 61 6e 64 61 72 64 20 74 68 61 |s a standard tha| 00000640 74 0d 73 61 79 73 20 74 68 61 74 20 74 68 65 20 |t.says that the | 00000650 66 69 72 73 74 20 6e 75 6d 62 65 72 20 28 74 68 |first number (th| 00000660 65 20 4d 41 4e 54 49 53 53 41 29 20 6e 75 73 74 |e MANTISSA) nust| 00000670 20 61 6c 77 61 79 73 20 62 65 0d 62 65 74 77 65 | always be.betwe| 00000680 65 6e 20 30 2e 31 20 61 6e 64 20 31 2e 20 20 54 |en 0.1 and 1. T| 00000690 68 69 73 20 77 6f 75 6c 64 20 6c 65 61 64 20 74 |his would lead t| 000006a0 6f 20 31 32 2e 33 34 20 62 65 69 6e 67 20 77 72 |o 12.34 being wr| 000006b0 69 74 74 65 6e 0d 61 73 20 30 2e 31 32 33 34 45 |itten.as 0.1234E| 000006c0 32 20 28 6d 65 61 6e 69 6e 67 20 6d 75 6c 74 69 |2 (meaning multi| 000006d0 70 6c 69 65 64 20 62 79 20 31 30 20 74 6f 20 74 |plied by 10 to t| 000006e0 68 65 20 70 6f 77 65 72 20 32 29 2e 20 20 54 68 |he power 2). Th| 000006f0 65 0d 42 42 43 20 4d 69 63 72 6f 20 73 74 61 6e |e.BBC Micro stan| 00000700 64 61 72 64 20 68 61 73 20 74 68 65 20 6d 61 6e |dard has the man| 00000710 74 69 73 73 61 20 62 65 74 77 65 65 6e 20 31 20 |tissa between 1 | 00000720 61 6e 64 20 31 30 20 73 6f 20 74 68 61 74 0d 31 |and 10 so that.1| 00000730 32 2e 33 34 20 77 6f 75 6c 64 20 62 65 20 31 2e |2.34 would be 1.| 00000740 32 33 34 45 31 20 28 6d 65 61 6e 69 6e 67 20 6d |234E1 (meaning m| 00000750 75 6c 74 69 70 6c 69 65 64 20 62 79 20 31 30 20 |ultiplied by 10 | 00000760 74 6f 20 74 68 65 0d 70 6f 77 65 72 20 31 29 2e |to the.power 1).| 00000770 0d 0d 48 65 72 65 20 77 65 20 68 61 76 65 20 61 |..Here we have a| 00000780 20 66 6c 6f 61 74 69 6e 67 20 70 6f 69 6e 74 20 | floating point | 00000790 64 65 63 69 6d 61 6c 20 6e 75 6d 62 65 72 69 6e |decimal numberin| 000007a0 67 20 63 6f 6e 76 65 6e 74 69 6f 6e 0d 73 75 63 |g convention.suc| 000007b0 68 20 74 68 61 74 20 74 68 65 20 6d 61 6e 74 69 |h that the manti| 000007c0 73 73 61 20 69 73 20 61 6c 77 61 79 73 20 6f 66 |ssa is always of| 000007d0 20 61 20 73 69 7a 65 20 62 65 74 77 65 65 6e 20 | a size between | 000007e0 74 77 6f 0d 6c 69 6d 69 74 73 20 61 6e 64 20 74 |two.limits and t| 000007f0 68 65 20 65 78 70 6f 6e 65 6e 74 20 69 73 20 74 |he exponent is t| 00000800 68 65 20 70 6f 77 65 72 20 6f 66 20 31 30 20 62 |he power of 10 b| 00000810 79 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 79 6f 75 0d 6d 75 6c 74 |y which you.mult| 00000820 69 70 6c 79 20 74 68 65 20 6d 61 6e 74 69 73 73 |iply the mantiss| 00000830 61 20 74 6f 20 70 72 6f 64 75 63 65 20 74 68 65 |a to produce the| 00000840 20 72 65 71 75 69 72 65 64 20 6e 75 6d 62 65 72 | required number| 00000850 2e 20 20 59 6f 75 0d 77 69 6c 6c 20 6e 6f 74 69 |. You.will noti| 00000860 63 65 20 73 74 72 61 69 67 68 74 20 61 77 61 79 |ce straight away| 00000870 20 74 68 61 74 20 74 68 65 20 6d 61 6e 74 69 73 | that the mantis| 00000880 73 61 20 69 73 20 6e 6f 74 20 61 6e 0d 69 6e 74 |sa is not an.int| 00000890 65 67 65 72 2e 20 20 44 6f 65 73 20 74 68 69 73 |eger. Does this| 000008a0 20 6d 61 74 74 65 72 3f 20 20 49 6e 20 66 61 63 | matter? In fac| 000008b0 74 20 69 74 20 64 6f 65 73 20 6e 6f 74 2e 0d 0d |t it does not...| 000008c0 54 68 65 20 6f 62 6a 65 63 74 20 77 69 74 68 20 |The object with | 000008d0 6f 75 72 20 66 69 78 65 64 20 70 6f 69 6e 74 20 |our fixed point | 000008e0 73 79 73 74 65 6d 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 6c 61 |system in the la| 000008f0 73 74 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 0d 6d 6f 64 75 6c |st program.modul| 00000900 65 73 20 77 61 73 20 74 6f 20 77 6f 72 6b 20 77 |es was to work w| 00000910 69 74 68 20 69 6e 74 65 67 65 72 73 20 69 6e 20 |ith integers in | 00000920 74 68 65 20 6b 6e 6f 77 6c 65 64 67 65 20 74 68 |the knowledge th| 00000930 61 74 20 6f 75 72 0d 6e 75 6d 62 65 72 73 20 77 |at our.numbers w| 00000940 65 72 65 20 69 6e 20 72 65 61 6c 69 74 79 20 36 |ere in reality 6| 00000950 35 35 33 36 20 74 69 6d 65 73 20 74 6f 6f 20 6c |5536 times too l| 00000960 61 72 67 65 2e 20 20 42 75 74 20 74 68 65 79 0d |arge. 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