An object-aware memory architecture

Science of Computer Programming

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 145-163

  Wright, Greg ^a   Seidl, Matthew L ^a   Wolczko, Mario ^a  

^a SUN MICROSYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

Garbage collection; Object memory; Virtual machines

Indexed keywords

BUFFER STORAGE; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; CONCURRENT ENGINEERING; CONFORMAL MAPPING; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; PROGRAM TRANSLATORS;

GARBAGE COLLECTION (GC); OBJECT MEMORY; OBJECT-ORIENTED COMPUTATION; VIRTUAL MACHINES;

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE;

EID: 33746190591     PISSN: 01676423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scico.2006.02.007     Document Type: Article

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