An adaptive memory allocatorfor better reallocation performance

Currently, the solution for dynamic memory reallocation is often left to a simple malloc-copy-free sequence. However, with the growing size of the memory object, this copying operation will have considerable CPU and memory costs before the content finishes its copy.<br/><br/>This report aims to achieve a nearly zero-copy reallocation scheme for...

Framing Programming Languages: Designing and Using a Frame-Based Virtual Machine

This thesis introduces the FrameVM virtual machine and the Framed language. This language gives developers a target to compile to which concisely follows the scopes-as-frames model. This model allows language developers to derive the memory model based on the scope graphs. The core building blocks of Framed are frames, which contain all data...

Implementing Virtual Address Hardware Support on the ?-VEX Platform

The ?-VEX is a run-time reconfigurable Very Long Instruction Word (VLIW) processor. This unique processor allows separation of its issue lanes to form independently operating processing cores. Switching between these configuration during run-time allows optimizing the platform for the task(s) it is performing. Porting an Operating System (OS) to...