Structure and method for managing available memory resources
US6907508B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 26, 2003 |
| Grant date | Jun 14, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 24, 2023 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F12/08
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In a digital data processing system having a memory component, a structure and method for managing available memory resources. Free pointers to respective free memory blocks are stored in memory blocks maintained as a linked list. In a system having a hierarchically-organized memory component, a small number of the free pointers are maintained at a relatively higher performance level of the memory and the balance of the free pointers are maintained at a relatively lower performance level of the memory.
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