TRANSLATION LOOKASIDE BUFFER TO IMPLEMENT ADAPATIVE PAGE SIZE

Embodiments described herein provide an apparatus comprising a processor to reserve a block of physical memory communicatively coupled to a processor, allocate a first portion of the block of physical memory for use with one or more processes executing on the processor, the first portion configured...

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Hauptverfasser: Wang, Kebing, Bian, Zhaojuan
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Zusammenfassung:Embodiments described herein provide an apparatus comprising a processor to reserve a block of physical memory communicatively coupled to a processor, allocate a first portion of the block of physical memory for use with one or more processes executing on the processor, the first portion configured as a single memory page having a first page size, and in response to a determination that an amount of physical memory required by the one or more processes executing on the processor exceeds a first threshold allocate additional memory to the first portion of the block of physical memory, and increase the single memory page from a first page size to a second page size. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.