Review: Virtual Memory--Motivation

• Process = Address Space + thread of control (PC)

• Address space = PA

  • programmer controls movement from disk
  • protection?
  • relocation?

• Linear Address space

  • larger than physical address space
    • 32, 64 bits v.s. 28-bit physical (256MB)

• Want Automatic management

Physical

Process

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