DocumentCode
1025904
Title
A novel processor architecture with exact tag-free pointers
Author
Meyer, Matthias
Author_Institution
Stuttgart Univ., Germany
Volume
24
Issue
3
fYear
2004
Firstpage
46
Lastpage
55
Abstract
Along with the success of Java, garbage collection advances to embedded and real-time systems. In this paper a novel RISC processor architecture that lays the foundation for efficient real-time garbage collection in hardware and guarantees pointer integrity at the machine-code level is proposed. This article summarizes the most commonly used garbage collection methods and points out problems of contemporary software-based solutions to motivate architectural support for garbage collection.
Keywords
data structures; embedded systems; reduced instruction set computing; storage management; RISC processor architecture; embedded processors; garbage collection; pointer integrity; real-time system; tag-free pointers; Application software; Computer architecture; Costs; Counting circuits; Hardware; Memory management; Quality management; Real time systems; Robustness; Software quality;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Micro, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0272-1732
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MM.2004.2
Filename
1310265
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