Address Bus

Address Bus

The Address Bus could be 16, 20, 24 0r 32 parallel signal lines. The address of the memory location to be read from or written to is carried on the Address Bus.

The number of address lines or address bus a computer has determines the memory capacity of the computer.

DERIVED BY: 2^N    Where N=Number of address lines.

For Example:

Where N=20, Then 2^N= 2²⁰= 1,048,576

Where N=16, then 2^N= 2¹⁶ = 65,536

Where N=32, Then 2^N = 2³² = …