A digital computer has a common bus system for 8 registers 16 bits each. How many multiplexers are required to implement common bus? What size of multiplexers is required?
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Correct answer: A. 16, 8 × 1
Explanation
One multiplexer per bit of the bus (16), each selecting among the 8 registers (8 × 1).
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