Question

Which signal is generated by the 8086 to access the odd bank of memory?

Answer 1

$\huge\bold{\mathtt{\purple{ A{\pink{ N{\green{ S{\blue{ W{\red{ E{\orange{ R}}}}}}}}}}}}}$

The 8086 processor provides a 16 bit data bus. So It is capable of transferring 16 bits in one cycle but each memory location is only of a byte(8 bits), therefore we need two cycles to access 16 bits(8 bit each) from two different memory locations. The solution to this problem is Memory Banking.Through Memory banking our goal is to access two consecutive memory locations in one cycle(transfer 16 bits).