Practice Speed Discrepancy Between Memory and Processor - 14.2.1 | 14. Memory Addressing and Bus Size | Computer Organisation and Architecture - Vol 1
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Question 1

Easy

What is the maximum number of memory locations an 8-bit address bus can access?

💡 Hint: Think of powers of 2.

Question 2

Easy

How many bytes are in one kilobyte?

💡 Hint: This one has a prefix that might help!

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Question 1

How many memory locations can a 10-bit address bus address?

  • 512
  • 1024
  • 256

💡 Hint: Use the power of two for this calculation.

Question 2

True or False: 1 Kilobyte is exactly 1000 bytes.

  • True
  • False

💡 Hint: Remember the difference between decimal and binary representations.

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Question 1

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.

Question 2

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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