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Memory block allocation system and method

US6457112B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 20, 2001
Grant dateSep 24, 2002
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Expiry dateAug 20, 2021

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F12/0253
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system and method for allocating memory blocks and indexing the pointer to the memory blocks in a set of tables. The tables translate the pointers to the memory blocks enabling the efficient lookup of pointers during translation and garbage collection. The memory blocks further include structures for facilitating the indexing into tables and referencing pointers into allocated memory.

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