Computer Science 105
Quiz

Question

(5 Points): Explain each of the following two concepts:

Memory Mapped I/O vs Direct Memory Access (DMA)
p578, Memory Mapped I/O, In a system with memory-mapped I/O, a block of addresses in the address space is reserved for communicating with I/O devices. Each device is associated with one or more of these addresses when it is attached to the bus.
p579, DMA, process whereby a device performs a read or write memory transaction on its own, without any involvement of the CPU.

Mike Erlinger

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