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Chapter 9 Memory

This document discusses RAM organization and memory expansion. It begins by outlining the key things students should be able to do after reading the chapter: discuss RAM organization, describe read/write operations, and explain how to expand memory capacity. It then provides examples of analyzing and expanding sample memory configurations, including determining address lines, input/output lines, capacity, number of ICs needed, type of decoder used, and drawing memory diagrams.

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Chapter 9 Memory

This document discusses RAM organization and memory expansion. It begins by outlining the key things students should be able to do after reading the chapter: discuss RAM organization, describe read/write operations, and explain how to expand memory capacity. It then provides examples of analyzing and expanding sample memory configurations, including determining address lines, input/output lines, capacity, number of ICs needed, type of decoder used, and drawing memory diagrams.

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• At the end of this chapter, students should be able

to:-
– Discuss the basic organization of a memory (RAM).
– Describe the read and write operation.
– Explain how to expand the memory capacity of a memory.

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• Five memory components are:
Input Data Output Data
I2 O2
I1 O1
I0 O0

Read/Write
ME
A1 A0

Address

• Memory components are manufactured in sizes


2n x m
n = number of address lines

m = word size/number of
input and output lines
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Given an 8 x 4 bit memory IC.
a) Draw the memory diagram.
4 4
Data Input Lines Data Output Lines
8x4
Read/Write Lines bit
Memory Enable Lines
3
Address Lines

b)Identify the number of address lines.


For 8 x 4 bit, 2n x m = 23 x 4
Therefore, the number of address lines = 3 bits

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c) Determine the number of data input /output lines.
Number of data input /output lines = Word size = 4
bits
d) Calculate the memory capacity in bits/bytes.
Memory capacity in bits = 8 x 4 bits = 32 bits
Memory capacity in bytes = 8 x 4 bits = 4 bytes
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e) Calculate the number of memory cells.
Number of memory cells = 8 x 4 bits = 32 cells

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f) Range of memory address.
Number of memory cells = 8 x 4 bits = 32 cells
Range = 0 – 31

g) Identify the number of IC(s) needed to expand the


memory capacity to 16 x 4bit.
Number of ICs = 16 = 2 ICs
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h) Name the decoder used to expand the memory
capacity to 16 x 4bit.
Type of decoder = 1:2 decoder (based on no.of ICs)
i) Draw the expanded memory diagram.
(Refer to the next slide for the diagram)

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Data Input Lines R/W Lines Data Output Lines

8x4bit
0

4 4

8x4bit
1

0 1
1:2 decoder
A 3

Address Lines

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i) Determine total no of address lines
= 23 x 4 x 2
= 23 x 4 x 21
= 24 x 4
Total no of address line = 4

j) Total no of capacity in bytes.


= (23 x 4 x 2) / 8
= 8 bytes

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a) Given 16K x 8 bit RAM. Determine the:
i. number of address lines.
ii. number of input/output lines.
iii. number of memory capacity in bytes.
iv. number of ICs needed to expand the memory
capacity to 96K x 8 bits.
v. type of decoder used to expand the memory
capacity to 96K x 8 bits .
vi. Draw the simplified memory diagram for iv.
b) Design 4M x 4 bit RAM using 1M x 4 bit RAM chips.

1K = 210 = 1024 bits 1M = 220 = 1024 x 1024 bits


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