// This file is part of www.nand2tetris.org // and the book "The Elements of Computing Systems" // by Nisan and Schocken, MIT Press. // File name: projects/03/b/RAM4K.hdl /** * Memory of 4K registers, each 16 bit-wide. Out holds the value * stored at the memory location specified by address. If load==1, then * the in value is loaded into the memory location specified by address * (the loaded value will be emitted to out from the next time step onward). */ CHIP RAM4K { IN in[16], load, address[12]; OUT out[16]; PARTS: // The MSB of the address picks which RAM512 module is being picked DMux8Way(in=load, sel=address[9..11], a=load1, b=load2, c=load3, d=load4, e=load5, f=load6, g=load7, h=load8); // We use the LSB of the address to pick the register inside the RAM512 RAM512(in=in, load=load1, address=address[0..8], out=out1); RAM512(in=in, load=load2, address=address[0..8], out=out2); RAM512(in=in, load=load3, address=address[0..8], out=out3); RAM512(in=in, load=load4, address=address[0..8], out=out4); RAM512(in=in, load=load5, address=address[0..8], out=out5); RAM512(in=in, load=load6, address=address[0..8], out=out6); RAM512(in=in, load=load7, address=address[0..8], out=out7); RAM512(in=in, load=load8, address=address[0..8], out=out8); // MSB Mux8Way16( a=out1, b=out2, c=out3, d=out4, e=out5, f=out6, g=out7, h=out8, sel=address[9..11], out=out); }