Practice Calculating Address Bus Size for Different Memory Locations - 14.2.3 | 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 address?

💡 Hint: Calculate 2 to the power of the bits.

Question 2

Easy

Convert the decimal number 255 to hexadecimal.

💡 Hint: Double-check common hexadecimal values.

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Question 1

How many memory locations can a 16-bit address bus access?

  • 65536
  • 1024
  • 256

💡 Hint: Remember the formula for calculating memory addressability.

Question 2

True or False: An 8-bit address bus can address 256 locations in binary.

  • True
  • False

💡 Hint: Think about the range from 0 to 255.

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Challenge Problems

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Question 1

A memory module with a capacity of 8GB is organized using 16 bits per address. Calculate the number of memory locations available and the size of the address bus.

💡 Hint: Convert GB to bytes and apply the addressing formula.

Question 2

Your computer's architecture allows a maximum of 4 Giga locations. If it uses a data bus of 64 bits, how many bytes can be addressed per location?

💡 Hint: Consider how locations and the size of the data bus relate.

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