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Tier identification (TID) for tiered memory characteristics

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OSTI ID:1128534

A tier identification (TID) is to indicate a characteristic of a memory region associated with a virtual address in a tiered memory system. A thread may be serviced according to a first path based on the TID indicating a first characteristic. The thread may be serviced according to a second path based on the TID indicating a second characteristic.

Research Organization:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P, Houston, TX, USA
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
SC0005026
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (Houston, TX)
Patent Number(s):
8,683,125
Application Number:
13/286,681
OSTI ID:
1128534
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (2)

Disaggregated memory for expansion and sharing in blade servers journal June 2009
Low overhead concurrency control for partitioned main memory databases conference January 2010