Method for the dynamic allocation of page sizes in virtual memor

Details Method for the dynamic allocation of page sizes in virtual memor Method for the dynamic allocation of page sizes in virtual memor

1993-12-13

1998-09-01

Lane, Jack A.

39549702, 395417, G06F 1210

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ABSTRACT:
A system and method for virtual memory management. A plurality of virtual memory pages having selectable page sizes are used to tailor memory allocations in a way which balances overallocation of memory against the number of entries saved in accessing that memory through the translation buffer. A library routine can act on the overallocated memory to hide memory requests from the operating system.

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