Practice Rom Characteristics And Types (14.2.2) - Memory Addressing and Bus Size
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ROM Characteristics and Types

Practice - ROM Characteristics and Types

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Question 1 Easy

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

💡 Hint: Think about how many combinations 8 bits create.

Question 2 Easy

What is the main characteristic of ROM?

💡 Hint: Consider what happens to data when power is off.

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Question 1

What is the maximum number of memory locations an 10-bit address bus can access?

512
1024
256

💡 Hint: Recall the powers of 2 related to address buses.

Question 2

True or False: All types of ROM are volatile.

True
False

💡 Hint: Consider if ROM retains data without power.

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Challenge 1 Hard

Design a simple digital device using both RAM and ROM and calculate the required size of the address bus for 8 GB of RAM and 2 GB of ROM.

💡 Hint: Remember to calculate the total address lines needed for maximum access to each memory type.

Challenge 2 Hard

If a computer operates on a 128-bit address bus and you want to estimate how many memory locations it can access. Provide your calculations.

💡 Hint: Use the exponential formula for powers of 2.

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