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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2006
Karthik Pattabiraman, Urbana, IL (US);
Vinod K. Grover, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Benjamin G. Zorn, Woodinville, WA (US);
Karthik Pattabiraman, Urbana, IL (US);
Vinod K. Grover, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Benjamin G. Zorn, Woodinville, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Typical computer programs may incur costly memory errors that result in corrupted data. A new memory model is presented wherein it may be determined that certain data is critical and critical data may be stored and protected during computer application execution. Critical Memory allows that data determined to be critical may be stored and retrieved using functions enabled to increase the reliability of the data. Critical Memory presents a memory model where a subset of memory designated as critical memory may be used to store a subset of data deemed critical data. Probabilistic guarantees of data value consistency are provided by the employment of the new memory model. The memory model and functions presented are compatible with existing third-party libraries such that third-party libraries may be compatibly called from processes using critical memory.