🔍 Key Concepts

• R-S flip-flop as a 1-bit memory element • How many bits of data a storage register must hold • Relationship between number of bits and number of flip-flops

💭 Think About

• If one R-S flip-flop can store a certain number of bits, how many such flip-flops are needed to store 8 bits? • Think about a 4-bit register: how many flip-flops would that use? Extend the same logic to 8 bits. • Is there any sharing of flip-flops between bits, or does each bit need its own separate flip-flop?

✅ Before You Answer

• Confirm how many bits of information one R-S flip-flop can store. • Verify that an 8-bit register means 8 independent bit positions (from bit 0 to bit 7). • Check that the final number of flip-flops matches the total number of bits you want to store, with no fractional or shared flip-flops per bit.