DMA transfers are advantageous because they:
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DMA transfers are advantageous because they:
Answer: A. Bypass the CPU during data transfer — DMA lets an I/O device transfer data directly to or from memory, so the CPU does not handle every byte of the transfer.
- A.
Bypass the CPU during data transfer
- B.
Increase the CPU clock rate
- C.
Reduce memory size
- D.
Eliminate cache misses
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Correct answer: A
DMA lets an I/O device transfer data directly to or from memory, so the CPU does not handle every byte of the transfer.
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