Practice Addressing Memory vs I/O Devices - 14.3.3 | 14. Memory Addressing and Bus Size | Computer Organisation and Architecture - Vol 1
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Question 1

Easy

How many memory locations can an 8-bit address bus access?

💡 Hint: Think about how powers of 2 work.

Question 2

Easy

What is 1KB in bytes in the binary system?

💡 Hint: Remember the difference between binary and metric units.

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Question 1

What is the maximum number of memory locations that can be addressed by a 12-bit address bus?

  • 2048
  • 4096
  • 8192

💡 Hint: Consider powers of two.

Question 2

True or False: An address bus and data bus can share the same lines in a computer.

  • True
  • False

💡 Hint: Think about how devices can share resources.

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Challenge Problems

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Question 1

A computer system has a 32-bit address bus. Calculate the maximum memory capacity in gigabytes that can be accessed.

💡 Hint: Use the capacity calculation formula based on the address bus.

Question 2

You have a memory module with 16KB of space. If each location holds 2 bytes, how many memory locations can be addressed?

💡 Hint: Calculate the number of locations by dividing the total space by the bytes per location.

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