Question

An address space is specified by 24 bits and the corresponding memory space by 16 bits.how many words are there in the address space and memory space? if a page consists of 2k words, how many pages and blocks are there in the system.

Answer 1

Number of words in the address space is 2^{24} [/tex]
Number of words in the memory space is 2^{16} [/tex]
Number of pages = $2^{24}$ / 2k = 16 M/2k = 8k pages 
Number of blocks = $2^{16}$ / 2k = 64k/2k = 32 blocks

Answer 2

Answer: the answer is 4096 words.