Memory Map

The system supports system and video shadowing, both controlled through complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS). The system supports BIOS as a cacheable area with write protection. The following table shows the system's memory map.

System Memory Map

Memory Space

Size

Function

FFFE 0000H-FFFF FFFFH

128K

Upper ROM, System and Video

 

 

 

BIOS

FFFC 0000H-FFFD FFFFH

128K

Lower ROM, Power Management

 

 

 

BIOS

FFFA 0000H-FFFB FFFFH

128K

New Extended Area

FFF8 0000H-FFF9 FFFFH

128K

 

FFF0 0000H-FFF7 FFFFH

512K

1MB Extended, BIOS 512KB

0A00

0000H-0BFF FFFFH

Up to 176MB

Extended Memory

000F 0000H-000F FFFFH

64K

System BIOS, 128K

000E

0000H-000E FFFFH

64K

 

000A

0000H-000B FFFFH

128K

Video Buffer Ram

000C 0000H-000D FFFFH

128K

Available for Applications

0000 0000H-0009 FFFFH

640K

System/Application Memory

 

 

 

 

Specifications B-7

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NEC Versa Series manual System Memory Map, Specifications B-7, Memory Space Size Function