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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2004
Filed:
May. 21, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Peter Anthony Franaszek, Mt. Kisco, NY (US);
Michel Henri Theodore Hack, Peekskill, NY (US);
Charles Otto Schulz, Ridgefield, CT (US);
Thomas Basil Smith, III, Wilton, CT (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/200 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/200 ;
Abstract
Memory is managed by controlling the expansion of memory contents, especially in those computing environments in which the memory contents are compressed. Control is provided by imposing some restrictions to memory references outside a specified subset of the memory contents, and by controlling the transfer of items into the subset. In one example, the transfer of items into the subset is based on a function of parameters, including an estimate of the amount of free space in the memory.