Extended memory management (XMM): Lessons learned

Software - Practice and Experience

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1011-1031

  Black, David L ^a   Milojičić, Dejan S ^a   Dean, Randall W ^a,b   Dominijanni, Michelle ^a,c   Langerman, Alan ^a,c   Sears, Steven J ^a,c  

^a Open Group Research Inst   (United States)

^b Mercury Computer Systems Inc

^c Orca Systems

Author keywords

Copy on write; Mach; Memory management; Multicomputer; Single system image; XMM

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; MANAGEMENT; PERFORMANCE; UNIX; VIRTUAL STORAGE;

MEMORY MANAGEMENT;

DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT;

EID: 0032119852     PISSN: 00380644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-024X(19980725)28:9<1011::AID-SPE180>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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