Practice - Speed Discrepancy Between Memory and Processor
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Practice Questions
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What is the maximum number of memory locations an 8-bit address bus can access?
💡 Hint: Think of powers of 2.
How many bytes are in one kilobyte?
💡 Hint: This one has a prefix that might help!
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Interactive Quizzes
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How many memory locations can a 10-bit address bus address?
💡 Hint: Use the power of two for this calculation.
True or False: 1 Kilobyte is exactly 1000 bytes.
💡 Hint: Remember the difference between decimal and binary representations.
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Challenge Problems
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A processor has a 64-bit address bus. Calculate how many memory locations it can address in Gigabytes.
💡 Hint: Remember to convert to Gigabytes after calculating the total.
Design a system where you can store 3 Gigabytes of data. What will be the required address bus size and data bus size if each memory location can store 8 bits?
💡 Hint: Calculate the required address bits for the total number of addresses.
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