Practice - Connecting Memory Module to Processor
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Practice Questions
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How many memory locations can an 8-bit address bus access?
💡 Hint: Think of 2 raised to the power of the bus size.
What does a 4 GB memory capacity imply in terms of data?
💡 Hint: Recall the conversion between mega and giga.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What is the maximum number of addresses that a 12-bit address bus can access?
💡 Hint: Use powers of 2 to determine the answer.
True or False: A data bus size of 16 bits allows the transfer of 32 bits of data.
💡 Hint: Focus on the size of the data bus.
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Challenge Problems
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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.
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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