1. A computer memory having a register configured to store complex numbers, the register comprising: a location configured to store a plurality of bits representing a signed mantissa of a real component of a represented complex number; a location configured to store a plurality of bits representing a signed mantissa of an imaginary component of the represented complex number; a location configured to store a plurality of bits representing a first exponent corresponding to a base number associated with the complex number, the first exponent configured to correspond to both the real component and the imaginary component of the complex number; and a location configured to store a plurality of bits representing a second exponent corresponding to the real component of the represented complex number, wherein a complete exponent corresponding to the real component is calculated as a function of the first exponent and the second exponent.