Question

Finite word length effects refer to the quantization effects that are inherent in any digital implementation of the system, either in hardware or software.

(a) True

(b) False

I got this question by my school teacher while I was bunking the class.

My enquiry is from Structures for Realization of Discrete Time Systems topic in section Discrete Time Systems Implementation of Digital Signal Processing

Answer 1

Correct choice is (a) True

For explanation I would say: The parameters of the system must necessarily be represented with finite precision. The computations that are performed in the process of computing an output from the system must be rounded off or truncated to fit within the limited precision constraints of the computer or hardware used in the implementation. Thus, Finite word length effects refer to the quantization effects that are inherent in any digital implementation of the system, either in hardware or software.