Given that many systems have a single bus that can be controlled by only one bus master
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Given that many systems have a single bus that can be controlled by only one bus master at a time (and thus the CPU cannot use the bus for other activities during I/O transfers), explain how a system that uses DMA for I/O can outperform one in which all I/O is done by the CPU.
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Computer Architecture Fundamentals And Principles Of Computer Design
ISBN: 9781032097336
2nd Edition
Authors: Joseph D. Dumas II
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