Caching dynamically allocated objects
US6446188B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 1, 2000 |
| Grant date | Sep 3, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 6, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2212/45
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system for mapping a sparsely populated virtual space of variable sized memory objects to a more densely populated physical address space of fixed size memory elements for use by a host processor comprises an object cache for caching frequently accessed memory elements and an object manager for managing the memory objects used by the host processor. The object manager may further comprise an address translation table for translating virtual space addresses for memory objects received from the host processor to physical space addresses for memory elements, and a management table for storing data associated with the memory objects used by the host processor.
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