Method for the dynamic allocation of page sizes in virtual memory
US5802341A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 13, 1993 |
| Grant date | Sep 1, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 13, 2013 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2212/657
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method for virtual memory management. A plurality of virtual memory pages having selectable page sizes are used to tailor memory allocations in a way which balances overallocation of memory against the number of entries saved in accessing that memory through the translation buffer. A library routine can act on the overallocated memory to hide memory requests from the operating system.
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