In this lab, why are the bottom 2 bits of the address lines from the bus bridge always zero?Question 2Select one:a.The bus bridge has been configured for a data width of 32 bits, and memory is halfword addressed.b.The bus bridge has been configured for a data width of 32 bits, and memory is word aligned.c.Trick question! The bottom 2 bits of the address lines from the bus bridge are NOT always zero.d.The bus bridge has been configured for a data width of 16 bits, and memory is word aligned.
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In this lab, why are the bottom 2 bits of the address lines from the bus bridge always zero?Question 2Select one:a.The bus bridge has been configured for a data width of 32 bits, and memory is halfword addressed.b.The bus bridge has been configured for a data width of 32 bits, and memory is word aligned.c.Trick question! The bottom 2 bits of the address lines from the bus bridge are NOT always zero.d.The bus bridge has been configured for a data width of 16 bits, and memory is word aligned.
Solution
The correct answer is b. The bus bridge has been configured for a data width of 32 bits, and memory is word aligned.
Here's why:
In computer systems, memory is often word-aligned, which means that each word (a fixed-sized piece of data) is aligned to memory addresses where the least significant bits are zeros. This is done to improve the performance of the system, as accessing memory on word boundaries is faster than
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