ˌɔn sˌʌm pɹˈɑːsɛsɚz, sˈʌtʃ ɐz ðə mˌoʊɾɚɹˈoʊlə sˈɪksti ˈeɪt θˈaʊzənd ænd mˌoʊɾɚɹˈoʊlə sˈɪksti ˈeɪt θˈaʊzənd tˈɛn pɹˈɑːsɛsɚz, ænd spˈɑːɹk pɹˈɑːsɛsɚz, ʌnɐlˈaɪnd mˈɛmɚɹi ˈæksɛsᵻz wɪl ɹɪzˈʌlt ɪn ɐn ɛksˈɛpʃən bˌiːɪŋ ɹˈeɪzd jˈuːʒuːəli ɹɪzˈʌltɪŋ ɪn ɐ sˈɔftwɛɹ ɛksˈɛpʃən, sˈʌtʃ ɐz pˈɑːsɪks sˈɪɡbəs, bˌiːɪŋ ɹˈeɪzd.
On some processors, such as the Motorola 68000 and Motorola 68010 processors, and SPARC processors, unaligned memory accesses will result in an exception being raised (usually resulting in a software exception, such as POSIX's SIGBUS, being raised).