Memory organization (Contd..)
1.Accessing the memory to obtain information requires specifying the "address" of the memory location.
2.Recall that a memory has a sequence of bits:
-Assigning addresses to each bit is impractical and unnecessary.
-Typically, address are assigned to a single byte.
-"Byte addressable memory"
3.Suppose k bits are used to hold the address of a memory location: