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Author: Stan Eisenstat
Subject: Re: [Cs323] offset
Date: Sunday, 11 Oct 2020, 09:21:38


    > Message Posted By: Unknown
    >
    > Can more than one byte be specified by a single offset? If so, how?

Yes.  The request to memory specifies the address as
well as the number of bytes requested.  The alignment
restrictions imposed by the instruction set ensure that
the request will involve only one memory block / cache
line.

--Stan-
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