Practice Question Review (21.5.2) - Memory Organization and Instruction Representation

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Question 1.
What is the primary purpose of a memory buffer register?
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Think about the flow of data between CPU and memory.
Question 2.
What does the address bus do?
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Consider how instructions locate data.
3Question 3.
What is the function of the address bus?
- Transport data to CPU
- Transfer memory addresses
- Store data
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Consider what tells the CPU where to look for data.
4Question 4.
A very wide memory organization may lead to inefficiency.
- True
- False
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Think about reading multiple instructions at once.
Question 5.
How might architecting a local computer system with 4 chips each of 1k lead to efficiency versus having one 4k chip?
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Think about how one large memory chip may impact instruction processing times.
Question 6.
Given a setup with two memory banks, each 2k, how would you optimize data access for speed?
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Consider how spreading out access could lead to better performance.

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