Practice Connecting Memory Module To Processor (14.1.6) - Memory Addressing and Bus Size
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Connecting Memory Module to Processor

Practice - Connecting Memory Module to Processor

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

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

💡 Hint: Think of 2 raised to the power of the bus size.

Question 2 Easy

What does a 4 GB memory capacity imply in terms of data?

💡 Hint: Recall the conversion between mega and giga.

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Question 1

What is the maximum number of addresses that a 12-bit address bus can access?

2048
4096
8192

💡 Hint: Use powers of 2 to determine the answer.

Question 2

True or False: A data bus size of 16 bits allows the transfer of 32 bits of data.

True
False

💡 Hint: Focus on the size of the data bus.

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Challenge 1 Hard

If a memory module can address 4 Giga memory locations, what must be the size of the address bus?

💡 Hint: Think about how we calculate powers of 2.

Challenge 2 Hard

If a memory module contains 4 MB of data, calculate the address bus size if organized as 2 bytes per memory location.

💡 Hint: Break it down into how many bytes can fit into a megabyte.

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