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Conversion of in-memory data representations

US8756396B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Assignee

Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba · JP

Inventors

Arvind Pruthi · San Jose, US
Shailesh Shiwalkar · Fremont, US

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 14, 2011
Grant date	Jun 17, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 7, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F3/0689
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with managing memory are described. According to one embodiment, an apparatus includes a converter that dynamically converts a structure of a data representation stored in a memory, where the structure is selectively converted between a sparse format and a non-sparse format.

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