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Determining the Correct Way to Use Address Bits

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Given a memory of 2048 bytes consisting of several 64x8 RAM chips, and assuming byte addressable
memory, which of the following seven diagrams indicates the correct way to use the address bits?
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Explain your answer.

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Provides steps necessary to determine the correct way to use the given address bits.

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Since there is a total of 2048 bytes of memory the total number of address bits will have to be 11. We can get this number by taking the log2 of ...

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