Apparatus and method for object-oriented memory system
US6594708B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 26, 1998 |
| Grant date | Jul 15, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 26, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/4488
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and apparatus for providing memory functionality to object-oriented client software components of a computer system having a CPU using a first set of memory classes, each class of the first set being platform-independent; a second set of memory classes, each class of the second set being a subclass of a class of the first set and being platform-dependent; and performing client component memory functions by accessing only objects of classes of the first set. Descriptions of the classes and methods are provided, enabling platform-independent device drivers to be implemented.
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