'real' data type memory

SystemVerilog
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Hi,

I was wondering how many bits a ‘real’ number needs to be modified (for example ‘int’ type is 32-bit number).
Also what is the range of values of ‘real’ number?

Thanks.

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In reply to oglick:

From the perspective of a hardware description language, you are not supposed to be able to access individual bits or even be aware of how many bits a ‘real’ data types has.

However, the format of a real number in SystemVerilog is defined by IEEE Std 754, 64 bits (52 precision, 11 exponent, 1 sign).