Practice - Distinguishing Memory and I/O Device Addresses
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Practice Questions
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How many memory locations can be addressed with a 10-bit address bus?
💡 Hint: Use the formula 2^n, where n is the number of bits.
What does the address bus do?
💡 Hint: Think about data flow in a computer.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What is the capacity of an 8-bit address bus?
💡 Hint: Use the formula for calculation.
True or False: An address bus of 16 bits can address over 65,536 locations.
💡 Hint: Consider the power of two.
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If a system uses a 32-bit address bus, how many possible addresses can it generate, and what does that imply for memory organization?
💡 Hint: Check your powers of two for calculation.
Explain how increasing the size of the data bus from 8-bit to 16-bit affects memory access and multiple data transfers.
💡 Hint: Consider how data flow rates change with bus size.
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