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Providing a backing store in user-level memory

US7500049B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 31, 2005
Grant dateMar 3, 2009
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Expiry dateJul 12, 2026

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F11/2033
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method for requesting an allocation of memory to be a backing store for architectural state information of a processor and storing the architectural state information in the backing store using an application. In this manner, the backing store and processor enhancements using information in the backing store may be transparent to an operating system. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

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