Practice Capacity of Memory Based on Address Bus Size - 14.1.3 | 14. Memory Addressing and Bus Size | Computer Organisation and Architecture - Vol 1
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Question 1

Easy

What is the range of memory locations for a 10-bit address bus?

💡 Hint: Recall that the address bus allows accessing 2^n locations.

Question 2

Easy

If an 8-bit address bus can access 256 locations, what is 2^8?

💡 Hint: This is a direct application of the memory addressing formula.

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Question 1

What does an 8-bit address bus allow?

  • 256 locations
  • 512 locations
  • 1024 locations

💡 Hint: Think about the address calculation method.

Question 2

True or False: The address capacity can be represented as 2^n.

  • True
  • False

💡 Hint: Recap the relationship between bits and memory addressing.

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Question 1

You have a 16-bit address bus connected to a memory module. How many memory locations can you access, and what is the range of addresses?

💡 Hint: Use the formula 2^n to calculate.

Question 2

If a memory module has a capacity of 4GB and allows 4 bytes per memory location, how many memory locations does it have, and what size of address bus is needed?

💡 Hint: Remember how to convert GB to bytes.

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