Adaptive page placement memory management system
US5394537A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 1, 1993 |
| Grant date | Feb 28, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 1, 2013 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F12/08
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A virtual memory system groups pages into clusters according to use, determined by first reference and frequency of reference. The virtual memory system comprises a random access memory and an auxiliary memory. A central processing unit the virtual memory system with an address. Whenever that address identifies a memory location not stored in the RAM, the entire cluster of pages in which the address is located is retrieved from the auxiliary memory into the random access memory.
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