Why 4 bit address bus is grounded?

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2026-09-07 09:45

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The data bus in the 8086 is 16 bits in size, while the address bus is 20 (16bits would only address 64KB of memory, an extra 4 bits allows to address the total of 1MB, this is done trough segmentation of the memory).

To form a multiplexed of data bus and address bus, four bits of 8086 address bus are grounded.

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