Question

how many 128x16 ram chips are needed to construct a memory of capacity of 4096 words (16 bit is one word)?

Answer 1

A microprocessor with an 8-bit wide data bus uses RAM chips of 4096 x 1-bit capacity. How many chips are needed and how should their address lines be connected to provide a memory capacity of 16 K-bytes (1 byte = 8 bits).