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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2006
Applicants:
David J. Craft, Austin, TX (US);
Brian P. Dixon, Austin, TX (US);
Yuri L. Volobuev, Austin, TX (US);
James C. Wyllie, Monte Sereno, CA (US);
Inventors:
David J. Craft, Austin, TX (US);
Brian P. Dixon, Austin, TX (US);
Yuri L. Volobuev, Austin, TX (US);
James C. Wyllie, Monte Sereno, CA (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system for balancing multiple memory buffer sizes includes a memory partitioned into a plurality of subgroups, each subgroup containing similarly sized buffers. The system further includes a memory manager which manages requests for buffer space by storing and accessing buffer steal history records in a buffer steal history queue.