Expanding memory size
US8458431B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 3, 2009 |
| Grant date | Jun 4, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 3, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F13/16
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system, and computer usable program product for expanding memory size are provided in the illustrative embodiments. A desired size of an expanded memory and a first information about a workload in the data processing system are received. A size of a compressed memory pool to use with the memory to make the desired size of the expanded memory available is computed. A representation of the memory is configured, the representation of the memory appearing to be of a size larger than the size of the memory, the representation of the memory being the expanded memory, and the size of the representation being the size of the expanded memory. The expanded memory is made available such that the memory in the data processing system is usable by addressing the expanded memory.
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