Memory space management and mapping for memory area network
US8332593B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 23, 2009 |
| Grant date | Dec 11, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 21, 2030 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L67/1097
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A mechanism for simultaneous multiple host access to shared centralized memory space via a virtualization protocol utilizing a network transport. The invention combines local memory interfacing with the handling of multiple hosts implementing virtualized memory-mapped I/O systems, such that the memory becomes a global resource. The end result is a widely distributed memory-mapped computer cluster, sharing a 2^64 byte memory space.
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