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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2015
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventors:
Seyoun Lim, Seoul, KR;
Kwonsik Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Kibeom Kim, Seoul, KR;
Hyojeong Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Myungsun Kim, Seongnam-si, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/02 (2006.01); G06F 12/123 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/023 (2013.01); G06F 2212/1044 (2013.01);
Abstract
A hardware-based memory management apparatus and method is provided. The apparatus includes a memory allocation module, a memory reclamation module, and a memory compaction module, based on hardware to accelerate a memory manger of an operating system. The method manages memory using the memory allocation module, memory reclamation module, and memory compaction module.