Apparatus and method for configuring memory blocks

Details Apparatus and method for configuring memory blocks Apparatus and method for configuring memory blocks

2011-08-16

2011-08-16

Choe, Yong (Department: 2185)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory

Storage accessing and control

Memory configuring

C711S154000, C711S159000, C360S048000

Reexamination Certificate

active

08001353

ABSTRACT:
An exemplary embodiment of the invention includes methods of configuring a memory block including: providing a memory block, the memory block having a set of addressable memory locations; configuring the memory block to include a plurality of pages corresponding to the set of addressable memory locations, the plurality of pages each having a page size; and allocating at least one of the plurality of pages for storing at least one per-page data structure, the at least one per-page data structure co-located with the memory block. In some embodiments, methods further include: defining the set of addressable memory locations; and computing a number of pages needed to store the at least one per-page data structure. Advantages of the invention include flexible memory allocation. The invention supports a dynamic update of the memory per-page data structures so that the operating system can take full advantage of the available memory.

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