Methods, systems and devices for hybrid memory management

摘要

In the various aspects, virtualization techniques may be used to improve performance and reduce the amount of power consumed by translating virtual memory addresses into physical addresses on a computing system having hybrid memory. In a first stage of memory translation, an operating system translates virtual addresses to intermediate physical addresses. In a second stage of memory translation, a chip or virtualization software translates the intermediate physical address to physical addresses based on the characteristics of the physical memory and the characteristics of the processes associated with the physical memory.

主权项

1. A method of managing memory on a computing system having a memory, the method comprising:
collecting memory performance data of the memory; generating an energy consumption model and a memory performance model of the memory using the collected memory performance data and allocating memory space on the computing system, comprising:
translating an intermediate physical address to a physical address in a monitor agent based on the energy consumption model and the memory performance model, the monitor agent assigning the physical address based on a characteristic of the memory and a characteristic of one or more processes of the computing system.