Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Per-page control of physical address space distribution among memory modules
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Application No.: US15441532Application Date: 2017-02-24
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Publication No.: US10282309B2Publication Date: 2019-05-07
- Inventor: Nuwan S. Jayasena , Hyojong Kim , Hyesoon Kim
- Applicant: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Agency: Meyertons Hood Kivlin Kowert and Goetzel PC
- Agent Rory D. Rankin
- Main IPC: G06F12/10
- IPC: G06F12/10 ; G06F12/1027 ; G06F12/1009 ; G06F12/06

Abstract:
Systems, apparatuses, and methods for implementing per-page control of physical address space distribution among memory modules are disclosed. A computing system includes a plurality of processing units coupled to a plurality of memory modules. A determination is made as to which physical address space distribution granularity to implement for physical memory pages allocated for a first data structure. The determination can be made on a per-data-structure basis (e.g., file, page, block, etc.) or on a per-application-basis. A physical address space distribution granularity is encoded as a property of each physical memory page allocated for the first data structure, and physical memory pages of the first data structure distributed across the plurality of memory modules based on a selected physical address space distribution granularity. Page table entries (PTEs) may be annotated with the selected physical address space distribution granularity, using an addressing mapping granularity (AMG) field of a page table entry, where the granularity may be, for example, a fine-grain distribution granularity or a coarse-grain distribution granularity.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180246814A1 PER-PAGE CONTROL OF PHYSICAL ADDRESS SPACE DISTRIBUTION AMONG MEMORY MODULES Public/Granted day:2018-08-30
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