17. The method of claim 16 , wherein: the word type comprises one of a non-data word and a data word, determining whether to tag the word with the channel ID based on the word type comprises (i) determining to tag the word with the channel ID when the word type comprises a non-data word and (ii) determining not to tag the word with the channel ID when the word type comprises a data word, and generating the processed word comprises (i) tagging the word with the channel ID to generate the processed word when the determination is made to tag the word and (ii) providing the word unmodified as the processed word when the determination is made not to tag the word.
18. The method of claim 17 , wherein tagging the word with the channel ID comprises overwriting the shared address in the word with the channel ID.