Questions tagged [memory-hardware]
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Will this address result in a cache hit or miss for these cache mapping functions?
The Problem: A CPU produces the following sequence of read addresses in hex.
Suppose the cache is empty to begin with and assuming an LRU replacement, determine whether each address ...
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Why is word-addressable the exception, not the rule?
As stated on Wikipedia:
Most modern computers are byte-addressable
instead of word-addressable. Why is this case? Since the CPU processes words (of predominantly 64 bits or 8 bytes) now, wouldn't ...
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Is this cache entry a hit or a miss? [duplicate]
The Problem: A CPU produces the following sequence of read addresses in hex. Suppose the cache is empty to begin with and assuming an LRU replacement, determine whether each address produces a hit or ...
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How does a computer determine the data type of a byte?
For example, if the computer has 10111100 stored on one particular byte of RAM, how does the computer know to interpret this byte as an integer, ASCII character, or ...
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Address bus and memory
If I have an address bus of 64K, i.e. it can access 64*1024 or 65536 locations, should I also have a memory chip with 65536 locations in it?
What I'm trying to ask is that do all the 65536 locations ...
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How can a CPU access more memory locations than 2^wordsize?
I noticed that CPU's like the 8086 and especially the 8080 have the ability to access more memory than what one would normally assume. The 8080, for example, has an 8-bit word size but can use a 16-...
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How do Hard Drives Send and Recieve Data?
Ok. I know this is probably a commonly asked question. Before you refer me to a site or answer this yourself, I ask for you to please read this through. I have been into computers and electronics for ...
