Memory and Storage - Technical MCQs

Q1:

What is the significance of the inverted triangles on the outputs of the device in the given figure?

A They represent inverters and mean that the outputs are active-LOW.

B They represent buffers and mean that the outputs can drive 40 TTL loads, instead of the normal 10.

C It means that the outputs will be active only if a change has occurred at that memory location since the last read/write cycle.

D The outputs are tristated.

ANS:D - The outputs are tristated.

Tristate means the output terminal has one more state as High impedance, in addition to 0 & 1.