Method and apparatus for managing linear address mapped storage under selective compression and regency of usage constraints
US6178489A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 8, 1998 |
| Grant date | Jan 23, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 8, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2212/401
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and apparatus for managing update writing in place in linear address space mapped memories. This is attained by partitioning the memory into compressed and uncompressed areas, estimating the percent of compressible images of fixed-length symbol strings recordable into the image locations, revising the estimate upward or downward as a function of the persistency of runs of writes to one area or the other, and adjusting the relative number of locations in the areas proportionally to the revised estimate.
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