Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Derek S. Jennings, P.A.
  • Space management in compressed main memory
    Patent number: 6804754
    Abstract: Memory is managed by controlling the expansion of memory contents, especially in those computing environments in which the memory contents are compressed. Control is provided by imposing some restrictions to memory references outside a specified subset of the memory contents, and by controlling the transfer of items into the subset. In one example, the transfer of items into the subset is based on a function of parameters, including an estimate of the amount of free space in the memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2004
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Anthony Franaszek, Michel Henri Theodore Hack, Charles Otto Schulz, Thomas Basil Smith, III