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Question 1: What is the function of a memory cell?
Question 1: What is the function of a memory cell?
A memory cell is able to recognize control signals such as 'read' and 'write', generated by CPU when it wants to read or write address.
Question 2: What is the word size and how does it vary?
Question 2: What is the word size and how does it vary?
Word size is the maximum number of bits that a CPU can process at a time and it varies as per the processor architectures because of generation and the present technology, it could be low as 4-bits or high as 64-bits depending on what a particular processor can handle.
Question 3: What is the purpose of memory request and what does it contain?
Question 3: What is the purpose of memory request and what does it contain?
The purpose of memory request is to access the instruction from the memory to CPU because the program is available in memory. Memory request contains the address along with the control signals.
