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Figure 3-16 Extending the EDB

Wait a minute. This is not a matter of just plugging the RAM into the EDB

wires! RAM is a spreadsheet with thousands and thousands of discrete rows,

and you need to look at the contents of only one row of the spreadsheet at a

time, right? So how do you connect the RAM to the EDB in such a way that

the CPU can see any one given row but still give the CPU the capability to

look at any row in RAM?

We need some type of chip between the RAM and the CPU to make the

connection. The CPU needs to be able to say which row of RAM it wants,

and the chip should handle the mechanics of retrieving that row of data from

the RAM and putting it on the EDB. This chip comes with many names, but

for right now just call it the memory controller chip (MCC).

The MCC contains special circuitry so it can grab the contents of any line

of RAM and place that data or command on the EDB. This in turn enables

the CPU to act on that code (see Figure 3-17).

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