Patents Represented by Attorney Joni D. Stulman-Horn

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  • Method to manage memory in a platform with virtual machines
    Patent number: 7421533
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention enables the virtualizing of virtual memory in a virtual machine environment within a virtual machine monitor (VMM). Memory required for direct memory access (DMA) for device drivers, for example, is pinned by the VMM and prevented from being swapped out. The VMM may dynamically allocated memory resources to various virtual machines running in the platform. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Vincent J. Zimmer, Michael A. Rothman