IEEE-754 32 Bit (single precision) exponent -126 instead of -127
问题 I know if I have a number like that: 1 | 1001 0001 | 0011 0011 0000 0001 0101 000 1 sign bit | 8 bit biased exponent | 23 bit fraction/mantissa I can calculate the "real" exponent by subtraction the bias 127 (0111 1111) from biased exponent. I.e. 1001 0001 - 0111 1111 = 10010 (so real Exponent is 18) 1,0011 0011 0000 0001 0101 000 * 2^18 So now my question: If a have a (denormalized) number like that: 0 | 0000 0000 | 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 001 Why the Exponent is -126 and not -127? 0000