floating-point to fixed-point conversion
Floating-point to fixed-point conversion is the process of converting a floating-point number to a fixed-point representation. This involves converting the mantissa, exponent, and sign of the floating-point number into an equivalent fixed-point format. The conversion essentially involves scaling the floating-point number according to the desired precision of the fixed-point representation and rounding it to the nearest representable value. The process enables efficient implementation of various numerical algorithms on fixed-point arithmetic platforms.
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