0 0 votes During DMA transfers, the CPU is momentarily halted while the DMA controller takes control of the system bus True or False? CO & Architecture co-and-architecture dma + – N_i_t_i_n 611 views answer comment Share Follow Print 0 reply Please log in or register to add a comment.
0 0 votes False in most cases In DMA, only the bus access is given to DMA. The CPU continues (in most cases) to run, performing tasks which do not require the system bus mv_ind answered Sep 13, 2025 mv_ind comment Share Follow See all 4 Comments 4 4 Comments reply N_i_t_i_n commented Sep 13, 2025 reply Follow flag In one of the test series they said true thats why doubt created 0 0 replyShare mv_ind commented Sep 13, 2025 reply Follow flag Well certain architectures might 'pause' the CPU functioning during that time. But still we cannot generalize it 0 0 replyShare N_i_t_i_n commented Sep 13, 2025 reply Follow flag So in generally its False ? 0 0 replyShare mv_ind commented Sep 14, 2025 reply Follow flag Yes 1 1 replyShare Please log in or register to add a comment.