In Alpha processors, only 32-bit and 64-bit aligned loads and stores are directly handled in the datapath
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In Alpha processors, only 32-bit and 64-bit aligned loads and stores are directly handled in the datapath between the cache and the processor. Sketch the combinational logic network that would be required in a 32-bit-wide datapath to permit loading any one of the four bytes of a 32-bit quantity into the low-order byte position at the destination side of the path.
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Computer Organization
ISBN: 9780072320862
5th Edition
Authors: V Carl Hamacher, Carl Hamacher, Zvonko G Vranesic, Safwat G Zaky
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