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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2011
James B. Crossland, Banks, OR (US);
Toby Opferman, Beaverton, OR (US);
Blaise Fanning, Folsom, CA (US);
James B. Crossland, Banks, OR (US);
Toby Opferman, Beaverton, OR (US);
Blaise Fanning, Folsom, CA (US);
INTEL CORPORATION, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and system are disclosed. In one embodiment the method includes allocating several memory locations within a phase change memory and switch (PCMS) memory to be utilized as a Random Access Memory (RAM) Disk. The RAM Disk is created for use by a software application running in a computer system. The method also includes mapping at least a portion of the allocated amount of PCMS memory to the software application address space. Finally, the method also grants the software application direct access to at least a portion of the allocated amount of the PCMS memory.