Practice - Memory Access Example
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Practice Questions
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What is the purpose of the address bus?
💡 Hint: Think about how the CPU locates data in memory.
What does the accumulator in a CPU do?
💡 Hint: Consider where temporary calculations are held.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What is a key benefit of using a double-byte organization in memory?
💡 Hint: Think about how organization affects instruction processing speeds.
True or False: The address bus is used to carry data from memory to the CPU.
💡 Hint: Consider the distinct roles of address and data buses.
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Challenge Problems
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Design a hypothetical memory organization for a system needing quick access to 20 instructions. Describe the bus considerations.
💡 Hint: Consider how many bits you'd want to store instructions efficiently.
Given a system with a 64-bit address bus, calculate how many distinct memory addresses can be accessed and explain how this affects the performance.
💡 Hint: Think about the implications of addressability for memory management.
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