Question 11.21: Discuss the number of pins set aside for address in each of ...

Discuss the number of pins set aside for address in each of the following memory chips. (a) 16K×4 DRAM (b) 16K×4 SRAM

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Since 2^{14} = 16K

(a) For DRAM we have 7 pins (A0-A6) for the address pins and 2 pins for RAS and CAS
(b) For SRAM we have 14 pins for address and no pins for RAS and CAS since they are associated only with DRAM. In both cases we have 4 pins for the data bus.

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