On 08/23/2010 11:59 AM, Michael Torrie wrote: > On 08/23/2010 11:56 AM, AJ ONeal wrote: >> My educated guess is that dynamically allocated memory is subject to >> fragmentation (just like a hard drive) and that this could lead to latency >> in cases where the CPU is spending a few clock cycles performing the logic >> to physically address the memory 100MB away to get the next bit of virtual >> memory. > > Unlikely. On CPUS that have virtual memory tables, *every* page access > goes through the virtual memory system.
Well actually I am just giving a guess as well. I really don't know the answer to your question. So I could be completely wrong. -------------------- BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. ___________________________________________________________________ List Info (unsubscribe here): http://uug.byu.edu/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
