Hi,
In AXI3 protocol, there are no Strobe bits for AXI Reads unlike AXI Writes.
Hence, If any processor just does a 32-bit Read from memory, who has the control logic to fetch appropriate 32-bit data from the 128-bit wide memory data bus??
Points to note -
1. The processor does a 32-bit Read from memory.
2. Memory data bus width is 128-bits.
3. Read address is aligned to 32-bits (4 bytes), but is not aligned to 128-bits (16 bytes).
4. Since the Read address is not aligned to 128-bits (16 bytes), the Memory data bus contains 128-bits data corresponding to the Read address aligned to 128-bits (16 bytes).
For example (to explain 4.), If processor does a 32-bit read from memory address 0x6000_0008 (32-bit or 4-bytes aligned Read address), the memory Read data bus fetches 128-bit Read data starting from address 0x6000_0000 (128-bits or 16 byte aligned Read address). Now how does the Processor know which 32-bits is the valid data for the Read address 0x6000_0008?
