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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2013
System and method for improving performance of read/write operations from a persistent memory device
Swarm64 As, Oslo, NO;
SWARM64 AS, , NO;
Abstract
A memory unit and method are disclosed. The memory unit comprises: at least one controller interfaced with at least one corresponding persistent memory device operable to store files in accordance with a file system; and a file mapping unit operable, in response to a virtual file access request from a memory management unit of a processor, the virtual file access request having a virtual address within a virtual address space associated with one of the files identifying data to be accessed, to map the virtual address to a physical address of the data within the one of the files using pre-stored mapping information and to issue a physical access request having the physical address to access the data within the one of the files.