No, it is not an ideal solution. It causes decrease in clock frequency for about...

		thesz on Dec 18, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Performance Cost of Integer Overflow Checking No, it is not an ideal solution. It causes decrease in clock frequency for about 10% (or you have to make your design noticeably more complex). The trap in Alpha ISA was done for MIPS compatibility reasons (Alpha was more or less MIPS assembly compatible).