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Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2024

Filed:

Oct. 16, 2023
Applicant:

Imagination Technologies Limited, Kings Langley, GB;

Inventor:

Ian King, Shenley, GB;

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0631 (2013.01); G06F 3/0604 (2013.01); G06F 3/0644 (2013.01); G06F 3/0659 (2013.01); G06F 3/0665 (2013.01); G06F 3/067 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and storage unit allocators for allocating one or more portions of a storage unit to a plurality of tasks for storing at least two types of data. The method includes receiving a request for one or more portions of the storage unit to store a particular type of data of the at least two types of data for a task of the plurality of tasks; associating the request with one of a plurality of virtual partitionings of the storage unit based on one or more characteristics of the request, each virtual partitioning allotting none, one, or more than one portion of the storage unit to each of the at least two types of data; and allocating the requested one or more portions of the storage unit to the task from the none, one, or more than one portion of the storage unit allotted to the particular type of data in the virtual partitioning associated with the request.


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