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    A memory management unit (MMU), sometimes called paged memory management unit (PMMU), is a computer hardware unit that examines all references to memory...
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    memory management unit (IOMMU) is a memory management unit (MMU) connecting a direct-memory-access–capable (DMA-capable) I/O bus to the main memory....
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  • of the central processing unit (CPU). MPU is a trimmed down version of memory management unit (MMU) providing only memory protection support. It is usually...
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    Memory management (also dynamic memory management, dynamic storage allocation, or dynamic memory allocation) is a form of resource management applied...
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    A memory controller, also known as memory chip controller (MCC) or a memory controller unit (MCU), is a digital circuit that manages the flow of data...
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    quantization for 2D graphics data. The memory management unit, RDRAM controller and DMA controller handle memory access within the system. Communications...
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  • As such, paged memory functionality is usually hardwired into a CPU through its Memory Management Unit (MMU) or Memory Protection Unit (MPU), and separately...
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  • operating systems, memory management is the function responsible for managing the computer's primary memory.: 105–208  The memory management function keeps...
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  • Nios II's basic functionality by, for example, adding a predefined memory management unit, or defining custom instructions and custom peripherals. Similar...
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    oh-three-oh or oh-thirty). The 68030 is essentially a 68020 with a memory management unit (MMU) and instruction and data caches of 256 bytes each. It added...
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  • Memory-mapped I/O (MMIO) and port-mapped I/O (PMIO) are two complementary methods of performing input/output (I/O) between the central processing unit...
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    store the results of ALU operations, and a control unit that orchestrates the fetching (from memory), decoding and execution (of instructions) by directing...
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  • (Arithmetic Logic Unit). One solution to such resource hazard is to increase available resources, such as having multiple ports into main memory and multiple...
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    In computing, an arithmetic logic unit (ALU) is a combinational digital circuit that performs arithmetic and bitwise operations on integer binary numbers...
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  • the value in the memory location specified by the memory address register. It acts as a buffer, allowing the processor and memory units to act independently...
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    assignment of real memory to virtual memory. Address translation hardware in the CPU, often referred to as a memory management unit (MMU), automatically...
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    L2, split L1 I-cache and D-cache). A memory management unit (MMU) that fetches page table entries from main memory has a specialized cache, used for recording...
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    office suite, and by the ad hoc protected memory implementation, due to the lack of a Motorola memory management unit. Cost-cutting measures that target the...
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    Floating-Point Unit (FPU). It thus included all of the functionality that previously required external chips, namely the FPU and Memory Management Unit (MMU),...
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  • Page fault (category Memory management)
    computing, a page fault is an exception that the memory management unit (MMU) raises when a process accesses a memory page without proper preparations. Accessing...
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    CPUs and GPUs, with shared memory), the memory management unit (MMU) of the CPU and the input–output memory management unit (IOMMU) of the GPU have to...
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    main parts: The control unit and the arithmetic logic unit (ALU). The former controls the flow of data between the CPU and memory, while the latter performs...
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  • C dynamic memory allocation refers to performing manual memory management for dynamic memory allocation in the C programming language via a group of functions...
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  • Intel central processing units (CPUs). They allow user-level and operating system code to define protected private regions of memory, called enclaves. SGX...
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  • versions newer than 9.0.4, however, as it does not have support for a memory management unit. The PearPC PowerPC emulator does not support Mac OS 9. QEMU has...
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  • Translation lookaside buffer (category Memory management)
    to access a user memory location. It can be called an address-translation cache. It is a part of the chip's memory-management unit (MMU). A TLB may reside...
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    translated to physical addresses by the computer's memory management unit (MMU) and the operating system's memory mapping mechanisms. Most modern computers are...
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  • and other kinds of processors, adders are used in the arithmetic logic units (ALUs). They are also used in other parts of the processor, where they are...
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    occurs in 16-bit words.: 6.6  The optional 48-pin Z8010 memory management unit (MMU) expands the memory map to 16 MB by translating the 23-bit address from...
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    lacked the floating point unit (FPU) and the 68EC060 (embedded controller) which removed both the FPU and memory management unit (MMU). There is an LC (Low-Cost)...
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