Practice Chip Enable Mechanism (21.4.2) - Memory Organization and Instruction Representation
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Chip Enable Mechanism

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Question 1 Easy

What is a byte in memory terms?

💡 Hint: Think about how many bits are in a basic unit of memory.

Question 2 Easy

What does the Chip Enable signal do?

💡 Hint: Consider what needs to happen for a chip to be used.

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Question 1

What does the Chip Enable signal do?

Activates all chips
Activates a specific chip
Deactivates chips

💡 Hint: Think about how the system selects which chip to use during operations.

Question 2

True or False: A modular memory design allows for easy scaling and flexibility in memory configurations.

True
False

💡 Hint: Consider how modularization makes upgrades easier.

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Challenge 1 Hard

Design a modular memory system utilizing chips of 2K each to construct a memory of size 8K. Explain the connections for addressing.

💡 Hint: Think about the logic needed for controlling multiple chips effectively.

Challenge 2 Hard

Calculate the address bus size required for a system using 512 chips of 256 bytes each. Provide the reasoning for your answer.

💡 Hint: Evaluate how many bits are necessary to cover both chip and byte addresses.

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