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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2005
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2002
Vijay G. Nagarajan, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Robert Rochetti, Los Altos, CA (US);
Nedim Fresko, San Francisco, CA (US);
Vijay G. Nagarajan, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Robert Rochetti, Los Altos, CA (US);
Nedim Fresko, San Francisco, CA (US);
Sun Microsystems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates performing generational garbage collection on a heap. The system operates by dividing an old generation of the heap into segments. Next, the system divides each segment into a series of cards and associates a separate card table with each segment. This card table has an entry for each card in the segment. In a variation on this embodiment, while updating a pointer within an object in the old generation, the system locates the segment containing the object and accesses the card table for the segment. The system then marks the entry in the card table associated with the card containing the object.
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