Consider a hypothetical microprocessor generating a 16-bit address (for example, as- sume that the program counter and the address registers are 16 bits wide) and having a 16-bit data bus. a. What is the maximum memory address space that the processor can access directly if it is connected to a "16-bit memory"?

Consider a hypothetical microprocessor generating a 16-bit address (for example, as- sume that the program counter and the address registers are 16 bits wide) and having a 16-bit data bus. a. What is the maximum memory address space that the processor can access directly if it is connected to a "16-bit memory"?

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