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Hybrid memory management

US10037173B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 12, 2016
Grant dateJul 31, 2018
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Expiry dateAug 12, 2036

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02D10/00
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Methods, systems, and apparatus for receiving a request to access, from a main memory, a first cache line of a page of data; determining that the first cache line is not stored in the main memory and is stored in a secondary memory, and in response: transferring the first cache line of the page of data from the secondary memory to the main memory without transferring the entire page of data, wherein a remaining portion of the page of data remains stored in the secondary memory; updating a page table entry associated with the page of data to point to a location of the page of data in the main memory; and transferring the remaining portion of the page of data from the secondary memory to the main memory.

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