Computer Organization & Articture No. 5 From Apcoms

Data Representation in Computer Systems

Lecture 05

Introduction • A bit is the most basic unit of information in a computer. – It is a state of “on” or “off” in a digital circuit. – Sometimes these states are “high” or “low” voltage instead of “on” or “off..”

• A byte is a group of eight bits. – A byte is the smallest possible addressable unit of computer storage. – The term, “addressable,” means that a particular byte can be retrieved according to its location in memory.

• A word is a contiguous group of bytes. – Words can be any number of bits or bytes. – Word sizes of 16, 32, or 64 bits are most common. – In a word-addressable system, a word is the smallest addressable unit of storage.

• A group of four bits is called a nibble (or nybble). – Bytes, therefore, consist of two nibbles: a “high-order nibble,” and a “low-order” nibble.

Positional Numbering Systems • Bytes store numbers using the position of each bit to represent a power of 2. – The binary system is also called the base-2 system. – Our decimal system is the base-10 system. It uses powers of 10 for each position in a number. – Any integer quantity can be represented exactly using any base (or radix).

• The decimal number 947 in powers of 10 is: 9 × 10 2 + 4 × 10 1 + 7 × 10 0

• The decimal number 5836.47 in powers of 10 is: 5 × 10 3 + 8 × 10 2 + 3 × 10 1 + 6 × 10 0

+ 4 × 10 -1 + 7 × 10 -2

Positional Numbering Systems • The binary number 11001 in powers of 2 is:

1 × 24 + 1 × 23 + 0 × 22 + 0 × 21 + 1 × 20 = 16

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8

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0

+

0

+

1

= 25

• When the radix of a number is something other than 10, the base is denoted by a subscript. – Sometimes, the subscript 10 is added for emphasis: 110012 = 2510

• Because binary numbers are the basis for all data representation in digital computer systems, it is important that you become proficient with this radix system. – knowledge of the binary numbering system enables to understand the operation of all computer components as well as the design of instruction set architectures.

Differing Bases •

In order to represent numbers of different bases, we surround a number in parenthesis and then place a subscript with the base of the number. – A decimal number (9233)10 – A binary number – A base 5 number

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(11011)2 (3024)5

Decimal number digits are 0 through 9 Binary number digits are 0 through 1 Base (radix) r number digits are 0 through r - 1 Name

Radix

Digits (0 through r-1)

Binary

2

0,1

Octal

8

0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7

Decimal

10

0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9

Hexadecimal

16

0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,A,B,C,D,E,F

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Understanding Binary MSB – most significantNumbers bit MSB LSB – least significant bit Bit numbering

1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 15

– Each digit (bit) is either 1 or 0 – Each bit represents a power of 2

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Important power of two

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Octal Numbers – The octal number system is a base-8 system that contains the coefficient values of 0 to 7. – The octal system uses powers of 8 as the multipliers for the coefficients. •

LS B

For example, we can represent the octal number 72032 as: 7 X 84 + 2 X 83 + 0 X 82 + 3 X 81 + 2 X 80 = (29722)10

0

Hexadecimal Numbers • The hexadecimal number system is a base-16 system that contains the coefficient values of 0 to 9 and A to F. The letters A through F represent the coefficient values of 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15, respectively. – The hexadecimal system uses powers of 16 as the multipliers for the coefficients. • For example, we can represent the hexadecimal number C34D as: – 12 X 163 + 3 X 162 + 4 X 161 + 13 X 160 = (49997)10

Binary, Octal and Hexadecimal • Conversions between binary, octal and hexadecimal have an easier conversion method. – Each octal digit represents 3 binary digits. – Each hexadecimal digit represents 4 binary digits.

• Binary to Octal: – Group the binary digits into three bit groups starting at the radix point and going both ways, padding with zeros as needed (at the ends). • Convert each group of three bits to an equivalent octal digit.

• Octal to Binary: – It is done by reversing the preceding procedure – Restate the octal as three binary digits – Start at the radix point and go both ways, padding with zeros as needed.

Examples • Convert (10110001101011.11110000011)2 to Octal = 010 110 001 101 011 . 111 100 000 110 = 2 6 1 5 3 . 7 4 0 6 = (26153.7406)8 • Convert (673.124)8 to binary = 110 111 011 . 001 010 100 = (110111011.001010100)2 • Convert (11010100011011) 2 to Octal

Binary to Hexadecimal and back • Binary to Hexadecimal: – Group the binary digits into four bit groups starting at the radix point and going both ways, padding with zeros as needed (at the ends) • Convert each group of four bits to an equivalent hexadecimal digit

• Hexadecimal to Binary: – It is done by reversing the preceding procedure – Restate the hexadecimal as four binary digits – Start at the radix point and go both ways, padding with zeros as needed

• Example – Convert (10110001101011.11110010)2 to hexadecimal

= 0010 1100 0110 1011 . 1111 0010 = 2 C 6 B . F 2 = (2C6B.F2)16 Convert (306.D)16 to binary?

Base-r Arithmetic • Arithmetic operations with numbers in base r follow the same rules as for decimal numbers. – When a base other than 10 is used, one must remember to use only the r-allowable digits. – The following are some examples:

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Arithmetic Rules • The sum of two digits are calculated as expected but the digits of the sum can only be from the rallowable coefficients. – Any carry in a sum is passed to the next significant digits to be summed. – In subtraction the rules are the same but a borrow adds r (where r is the base) to the minuend digit.

Binary Addition Given two binary digits (X,Y), a carry in (Z) we get the following sum (S) and carry (C): Carry in (Z) of 0:

Carry in (Z) of 1:

Z X +Y

0 0 +0

0 0 +1

0 1 +0

0 1 +1

CS

00

01

01

10

Z X +Y

1 0 +0

1 0 +1

1 1 +0

1 1 +1

CS

01

10

10

11

Binary Addition Examples

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 + 1 0 1 1 1 --------------------1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1

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carries

Binary Subtraction • Subtraction Table 0-0=0 0-1=1andborrow1

• The subtraction example 1 0 10 10 1

1-1=0 10 0 0 10

0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 -----------------------1 1 0 1 1 0 COA by Athar Mohsin

0

1-0=1

borrows

Binary Multiplication and Division • Multiplication table

0x0=0 0x1=0 1x0=0 1x1=1

1 1 X 1 0 1 ----------------------0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 ----------------------1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0

• Binary division is similar to decimal division COA by Athar Mohsin

1

0

1

0

Complements •

Complements are used to simplify subtraction operations. subtraction by adding.

We do

A – B = A+ (-B)

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There are two types: – The radix complement, called the r’s complement. – The diminished radix complement, called the (r-1)’s complement.

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Given a number N in base r having n digits, the (r-1)’s complement of N is defined as: (rn – 1) – N

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Decimal numbers are in base-10. (r-1) = (10-1) = 9.

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The 9’s complement would be defined as: (10n – 1) – N

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So, to determine the 9’s complement of 52: (102 – 1) – 52 = 47

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Another example is to determine the 9’s complement of 3124: (104 – 1) – 3124 = 6875

Radix Complement • The r’s complement of an n-digit number N in base-r is defined as: rn – N 0

- for N ≠ 0 - for N = 0

• We may obtain r’s complement by adding 1 to (r-1)’s complement. Since rn – N = [(rn – 1) – N]+1 • 10’s complement of 3229 is: 104 – 3229 = 6771

• 2’s complement of 101101 is: 26 – 101101 = 010011 – Note that to determine 2’s complement, leave the least significant 0’s and the first 1 unchanged and then switch the remaining 1’s to 0’ and 0’s to 1’s.

2’s Complement • Another method to find 2’s complement is

– Complement (reverse) each bit – Add 1 • Example:

Note that 00000001 + 11111111 = 00000000

2’s Complement Subtraction • Using 2’s complement, subtract 1001001 – 1000110

• Using 2’s complement, subtract 1000110 - 1001001

Using 1’s Complement • You can also use the 1’s complement for performing subtraction. • You can add the minuend M to the (r-1)’s complement of subtrahend N. Then inspect the result – If an end carry occurs add 1 – If there is no end carry take (r-1)’s complement of the result obtained and place a negative sign – Note: Remember that 1’s complement is 1 less than 2’s complement. This means we must compensate by adding 1 when an end carry occurs. Removing an end-carry and adding one is called an end-around carry.

1’s Complement Subtraction • Using 1’s complement, subtract 1001001 – 1000110

• Using 1’s complement, subtract 1000110 - 1001001