Buses

Buses

* Address bus - 16 line bus accessing 216 memory locations (64 KB) of memory.
* Data bus - 8 line bus accessing one (8-bit) byte of data in one operation. Data bus width is the traditional measure of processor bit designations, as opposed to address bus width, resulting in the 8-bit microprocessor designation.
* Control buses - Carries the essential signals for various operations.