Discuss implementing the ANSI C routine memcpy() in hardware and software
Discuss alternative ways of implementing 8-bit and 16-bit object access
March 21, 2023Computer architect working on the design of your company’s new instruction set architecture for the 21st Century
March 21, 2023Discuss implementing the ANSI C routine memcpy() in hardware and software
1996 Paper 8 Question 4
Comparative Architectures
Discuss implementing the ANSI C routine memcpy() in hardware and software.
Why might a C compiler place a string literal on a word boundary when it only
needs to be byte aligned? [10 marks]
The DEC ALPHA is a RISC-inspired instruction set designed to last around
25 years with multiple implementations as hardware. Discuss to what extent the
epithet RISC can be applied and to what extent its main architectural features
follow the familiar RISC mould. [10 marks
