CPU and Data alignment
- by MS
Dear All,
Pardon me if you feel this has been answered numerous times, but I need answers to the following queries!
Why data has to be aligned (on 4 byte/ 8 byte/ 2 byte boundaries)? Here my doubt is when the CPU has address lines Ax Ax-1 Ax-2 ... A2 A1 A0 then it is quite possible to address the memory locations sequentially. So why there is…