Abstract: An electronic apparatus, in which a memory is efficiently managed, and a control method thereof are provided. The electronic apparatus includes a processor is configured to allocate at least one of a general memory and a kernel memory to a process corresponding to a program in response to execution of the program; calculate a total capacity of the general memory and the kernel memory allocated to each of a plurality of processes; and erase a selected process, among the plurality of processes, which is determined as having a low priority based on the calculated total capacity of the general memory and the kernel memory.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a memory storing software including an application, an inter-process communication (IPC) module supporting communication between processes, a first communication driver, and a second communication driver, and a processor executing the software stored in the memory. The processor is configured to determine, using the IPC module whether a destination of the data is inside the electronic device or outside the electronic device, if a transmission of data is requested from the IPC module by the application, to transmit the data through the first communication driver if the destination of the data is inside the electronic device, and to transmit the data through the second communication driver if the destination of the data is outside the electronic device.