Question

To get the physical address from the logical address generated by CPU we use ____________

(a) MAR

(b) MMU

(c) Overlays

(d) TLB

This question was posed to me at a job interview.

The question is from Memory Locations and Addresses in division Machine Instructions and Programs of Computer Architecture

Answer 1

The correct answer is (b) MMU

To explain I would say: Memory Management Unit, is used to add the offset to the logical address generated by the CPU to get the physical address.