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Mar 09, 2025, 1 min read

Byte Addressing

This allows hardware architectures to access individual bytes.

Byte addressing is the norm

All modern hardware support byte addressing. Then what is the point of Words? Words are for how many bits a given Register can store, and that has implications in 32-bit and 64-bit Architecture.

In RISC-V, we do byte addressing with Little Endian.

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  • Memory Alignment

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  • 32-bit vs. 64-bit Architecture
  • Direct Mapped Cache
  • ECE222 - Digital Computers
  • Endianness
  • Memory Alignment
  • Reduced Instruction Set Computer (RISC)

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