On Tue, 18 Jun 2002, Priscilla Oppenheimer wrote: > I wonder if memory and storage are different because the memory is > addressable? Dividing it into logical chunks with power of two numbers was > probably easier for the OS developers. With transmissions speeds, we're
For memory and harddrives it is a power of two because the number of address lines and i/o lines into the memory segment are a power of two. It was done this way because of the hardware implementation required to address each memory segment. Somewhere in my boxes of college stuff I have my book from last falls Comp. Engineering course which explained all the requirements and math for addressing memory (along with the hardware implementation). - Andrew Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=46970&t=46940 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
