address width in RAM

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address width in RAM

kawakami
Why the "address" array width in RAMn is log2(n)?
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WBahn
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How many words can an address that is b-bits wide address?

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Re: address width in RAM

kawakami
Thank you for very quick reply!

Finally, I understand why. 8 registers can be expressed 2^3. So width is 3.
Very simple.

As I'm a programmer, I miss-understood the width of array.
Thanks!