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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2004
Frank N. Yellin, Redwood City, CA (US);
Ioi Lam, Mountain View, CA (US);
Frank N. Yellin, Redwood City, CA (US);
Ioi Lam, Mountain View, CA (US);
Sun Microsystems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A method of managing a memory heap includes allocating a first portion of the memory heap to a young section. The first portion having a faster access time than at least one of a second portion and a third portion of the memory heap. The second portion being allocated to a tenured section and the third portion including an unused section. The method also includes filling the young section with objects from an application and deleting any objects in the young section that are no longer referenced. Any referenced objects are shifted. A memory system is also described herein.