Title :
Machine-independent virtual memory management for paged uniprocessor and multiprocessor architectures
Author :
Rashid, Rasber ; Tevanian, Avadis, Jr. ; Young, Michael ; Golub, David ; Baron, Robert ; Black, David ; Bolosky, William J. ; Chew, Jonathan
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Carnegie-Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA, USA
fDate :
8/1/1988 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The authors describe the design, implementation, and evaluation of the Mach virtual-memory management system. The Mach virtual-memory system exhibits architecture independence, multiprocessor and distributed system support, and advanced functionality. The performance of this virtual-memory system is shown to often exceed that of commercially developed memory management systems targeted at specific hardware architectures
Keywords :
computer architecture; parallel architectures; software portability; virtual storage; CMU Mach operating system; Mach virtual-memory management system; architecture independence; distributed system support; paged multiprocessor architecture; paged uniprocessor; Computer architecture; Data structures; Hardware; Memory architecture; Memory management; Multiprocessing systems; Operating systems; Read-write memory; Sun; Technology management;
Journal_Title :
Computers, IEEE Transactions on
