Patent ID: 6549995
Filing Date: 2003-04-15
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A memory management system for a computer implementing a processing device for enabling indirect storage and retrieval of compressed data in available address space in a physical memory system associated with said computer, said memory management system comprising:a) a sectored memory region in said physical memory for exclusive storage of compressed data in fixed length storage sectors and having an associated sector translation lookup table (STT) including fixed length entries for mapping said real memory addresses to data storage locations within said physical memory; b) an unsectored memory region in said physical memory for exclusively storing uncompressed data, said unsectored memory region comprising one or more unsectored memory subregions; and, c) compressed memory control system providing memory resource management for enabling said processing device to directly access said uncompressed data within said unsectored memory region without reference to said sector translation lookup table.