Author: Stan Eisenstat
Subject: To:
Date: Sunday, 11 Oct 2020, 12:57:53

pubject: Re: [Cs323] memory split into two blocks
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    > Message Posted By: Unknown
    >
    > What if a single desired memory is split into two blocks (maybe by
    > chance). Would the CPU have to request bytes both blocks or is there a way
    > that the CPU does it faster?

The alignment restrictions (e.g., the address of a
variable of type long must be a multiple of 8) are
designed to ensure that this never happens.  On a
CPU without tthem, the CU breaks the request into
two pieces.

--Stan-