GATE CS 2016 Set 1 — Question 19

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A processor can support a maximum memory of 4 GB, where the memory is word-addressable (a word consists of two bytes). The size of the address bus of the processor is at least________bits.

4 \times 2^{30}

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4 \times 2^{30}

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2^{32}