In this installment, the author describes the various techniques used for memory management in an embedded OS. Adapted from “Embedded Systems Architecture, 2nd Edition” by Tammy Noergaard (Newnes) 9.3 ...

Pages are the units that the operating system mainly deals with; whenever memory is "paged out"—that is, written to disk, to free up physical memory—this activity happens a page at a time.

Understanding Linux memory management—page tables, swapping, and memory allocation—enables system administrators and developers to optimize performance and troubleshoot issues effectively. With tools ...

I ran into this interesting article on the status of PS3's Operating System and API memory footprint, as of PS3-Game-OS 1.60.Firstly, as many know, 360's entire Operating System, with all running ...

A new post on the Building Windows 8 blog outlines the memory usage goals of Microsoft's next-gen operating system and some of the steps the company has taken to achieve them.

Embedded systems such as Internet of Things (IoT) devices and single-board computers possess limited memory and processing ...

LWMalloc can benefit any embedded or IoT system that operates under strict memory and performance constraints. These include consumer electronics, such as smart TVs, set-top boxes, home appliances, ...

Researchers have broken Intel's Software Guard Extensions, System Management Mode, and x86-based virtual machines.

Example 15: Linux Memory Management and Segmentation Linux processes are made up of text, data, and BSS static segments; in addition, each process has its own stack (which is created with the fork ...