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Memory Management Technique Speeds Apps By 20%

Posted by kdawson on from the rememberance-of-data-past dept.

Dotnaught writes "A paper (PDF) to be presented later this month at the IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium in Atlanta describes a new approach to memory management that allows software applications to run up to 20% faster on multicore processors. Yan Solihin, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering at NCSU and co-author of the paper, says that using the technique is just a matter of linking to a library in a program that makes heavy use of memory allocation. The technique could be especially valuable for programs that are difficult to parallelize, such as word processors and Web browsers." Informationweek has a few more details from an interview with Solihin.

2 of 252 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Nothing to see here.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    new malloc()

    I see what you did there.

  2. Re:20%?! by guyminuslife · · Score: 5, Funny

    I was aware that malloc() had a price tag attached, but free()? That's misleading advertising.

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