Global address space management

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2006-09-29

2009-12-22

Nguyen, Hiep T (Department: 2187)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory

Storage accessing and control

Shared memory area

Reexamination Certificate

active

07636816

ABSTRACT:
Methods, systems and computer program products for global address space management are described herein. A System-On-a-Chip (SOC) unit configured for a global address space is provided. The SOC includes an on-chip memory, a first controller and a second controller. The first controller is enabled to decode addresses that map to memory locations in the on-chip memory and the second controller is enabled to decode addresses that map to memory locations in an off-chip memory.

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