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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2022
Applicant:
Silicon Laboratories Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
Jani Knaappila, Evitskog, FI;
Marius Grannaes, Hosle, NO;
Assignee:
Silicon Laboratories Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0625 (2013.01); G06F 3/0616 (2013.01); G06F 3/064 (2013.01); G06F 3/0679 (2013.01);
Abstract
Memory is allocated according to lifespan. The memory manager allocates requests for short-term memory to one portion of memory and allocates requests for long-term memory to another portion of the memory. The memory manager looks for free space for requests for long-term memory starting at a first location in the memory and the memory manager looks for free space beginning at a second location in the memory for requests for short-term memory. In that way, more memory banks are likely to be free and can be powered down to save power consumption, particularly during sleep states.