engineering recuitment GATE CSE 2023-24 Test Series Computer Organization and Architecture I/O Interface Interrupt Request Lines
The size of the data count register of a DMA controller is 24 bits. The processor needs to transfer a file of 4 GB from disk to memory. The memory is word addressable and size of a word is 2 bytes. What is the minimum number of times the DMA controller need to get the control of the system bus from the processor to transfer the file from the hard disk to main memory?
Enter numerical value using the virtual keypad. Round off where necessary.