Practice Connecting Memory Module to Processor - 14.1.6 | 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 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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Question 1

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.

Question 2

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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