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A processor with 20 bit address line can address upto 1 mb where as its Register is 16 bit which means it can have address upto 2tothepower16 bytes .How can the 1mb RAM be addresed by the Register ?
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So a 16 bit register cannot be used to acccess all of 1M of ram, not by itself. It must use a segment register to. for any parituclar vlaue in a segment register, the 16 bit pointer register can access any value within a 64K "window". By addjusting the segment register, you can move the "window" about in memory and thus address every byte in 1M.
Let me know if you have any questions.
Let me know if you have any questions.
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Kindly explain me what is segement:offset is ? explain it with example ?
Kindly explain me what is segement:offset is ? explain it with example ?
In a segmented architecture addresses are (ultimately) specified using two numerical values. A segment and an offset. The actual address used when accessing memory is determined by a mathematical formula using these to values. In the x86 family the formula is segment*16+offset. That generates an address, a number, that is the memory location to be accessed. This formula can generate numbers that are larger than either the segment or offset value. So it can be used to access memory that is at a higher address than could be addressed if only one value (and no formula) was used. Thus it can be used to access a larger memory space.
I'm not sure how to give you an example. Does that help?
I'm not sure how to give you an example. Does that help?
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