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Bitwise conversion of doubles using only FP multiplication and addition (2020)

vitaut Sunday, January 25, 2026
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The article discusses a method for converting double-precision floating-point numbers to their equivalent integer bit representations using only floating-point multiplication and addition, without any bitwise operations. The technique involves manipulating the exponent and mantissa of the floating-point number to extract the individual bits.
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