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System Bus

The document discusses the system bus in a computer. The system bus is a network of wires or electronic pathways inside the motherboard that connects the central processing unit (CPU) to other components like memory and devices. There are three main types of buses that make up the system bus: the data bus transfers data, the address bus identifies memory locations, and the control bus carries status and control signals.

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System Bus

The document discusses the system bus in a computer. The system bus is a network of wires or electronic pathways inside the motherboard that connects the central processing unit (CPU) to other components like memory and devices. There are three main types of buses that make up the system bus: the data bus transfers data, the address bus identifies memory locations, and the control bus carries status and control signals.

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Mr.

Gursharan Singh Tatla


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System Bus
 The CPU sends various data values, instructions and
information to all the devices and components inside
the computer.
 If you look at the bottom of a motherboard you'll see a
whole network of lines or electronic pathways that join
the different components together.
 This network of wires or electronic pathways is called
the 'Bus'.

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Bottom of Motherboard
System
Bus

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Types of System Buses
 Data Bus
 Address Bus
 Control Bus

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Data Bus
 A collection of wires through which data is transmitted
from one part of a computer to another is called Data
Bus.
 Data Bus can be thought of as a highway on which data
travels within a computer.
 This bus connects all the computer components to the
CPU and main memory.

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Data Bus
 The size (width) of bus determines how much data can
be transmitted at one time.
 E.g.:
 A 16-bit bus can transmit 16 bits of data at a time.
 32-bit bus can transmit 32 bits at a time.

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Address Bus
 A collection of wires used to identify particular
location in main memory is called Address Bus.
 Or in other words, the information used to describe
the memory locations travels along the address bus.

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Address Bus
 The size of address bus determines how many unique
memory locations can be addressed.
 E.g.:
 A system with 4-bit address bus can address 24 = 16
Bytes of memory.
 A system with 16-bit address bus can address 216 = 64 KB
of memory.
 A system with 20-bit address bus can address 220 = 1 MB
of memory.

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Control Bus
 The connections that carry control information
between the CPU and other devices within the
computer is called Control Bus.
 The control bus carries signals that report the status of
various devices.
 E.g.:
 This bus is used to indicate whether the CPU is reading
from memory or writing to memory.

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