Practice Distinguishing Memory And I/o Device Addresses (14.2.5) - Memory Addressing and Bus Size
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Distinguishing Memory and I/O Device Addresses

Practice - Distinguishing Memory and I/O Device Addresses

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Question 1 Easy

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.

Question 2 Easy

What does the address bus do?

💡 Hint: Think about data flow in a computer.

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Question 1

What is the capacity of an 8-bit address bus?

128 locations
256 locations
512 locations

💡 Hint: Use the formula for calculation.

Question 2

True or False: An address bus of 16 bits can address over 65,536 locations.

True
False

💡 Hint: Consider the power of two.

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Challenge 1 Hard

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.

Challenge 2 Hard

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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