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 ...

However, in today's preview of the upcoming OS X Mavericks at WWDC, Apple announced a new memory management feature that brings aspects of RAM Doubler back to the Mac OS.

Memory management is the process by which a computer system allocates a limited amount of physical memory among the various processes that need it - such as operating system or application calls ...

A management layer also supports remote access to the filesystem and to retrieve kernel statistics. But back to memory protection. The original Zephyr OS did not support memory protection.

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

Even apps in OS X eat memory like it's going out of style. For apps that have both an OS X and Windows version, everything in that Activity Monitor screenshot is double the memory use for the Mac ...

On Chrome OS devices running Pie, media key support extends to Android apps. The official changelog today notes “better Chrome OS out-of-memory management,” and two media-related changes.

Android 14 focuses on refinement more than new features, improving memory management and performance in particular. Frozen cached applications in Android 14 consume up to 50% fewer CPU cycles ...

In Part 4, the author described the various techniques used for memory management in an embedded OS. In this installment, the author describes Linux memory management and the kernel memory space.