Practice Distinguishing Memory And I/o Device Addresses (14.2.5)

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Question 1.
How many memory locations can be addressed with a 10-bit address bus?
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Use the formula 2^n, where n is the number of bits.
Question 2.
What does the address bus do?
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Think about data flow in a computer.
3Question 3.
What is the capacity of an 8-bit address bus?
- 128 locations
- 256 locations
- 512 locations
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Use the formula for calculation.
4Question 4.
True or False: An address bus of 16 bits can address over 65,536 locations.
- True
- False
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Consider the power of two.
Question 5.
If a system uses a 32-bit address bus, how many possible addresses can it generate, and what does that imply for memory organization?
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Check your powers of two for calculation.
Question 6.
Explain how increasing the size of the data bus from 8-bit to 16-bit affects memory access and multiple data transfers.
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Consider how data flow rates change with bus size.

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