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On 15-08-27 10:09 AM, Paul_Koning@Dell.com wrote:
> Would it make sense to say what it can handle?  Multiples of 8?  Powers of 2?  Any number?  
> 
> "Any number" (like 27, or 60) is probably found only in historic machines, but I remember DSPs with 24 bit memory.
> 
> 	paul

It's multiples of 8.  It would be good to add this precision I think.

What about adding: "Supported addressable sizes are multiples of 8 bytes." ?