Introducing Mechanisms and APIs for Memory Management: Using Windows OS Native Runtime APIs

© Roger Villela 2020

R. VillelaIntroducing Mechanisms and APIs for Memory Management https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-5416-5_1

1. Memory Management

Roger Villela¹ 

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Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

 

This chapter introduces memory management from the perspective of the technologies available through the Intel IA-32 (32-bit) architecture and the Intel 64 (x64/amd64) architecture.

Acronyms

The following acronyms are used in this chapter:

• Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller (APIC)

• Intel Architecture (IA)

• Physical Address Extensions (PAE)

• System Management Interrupt (SMI)

• System Management Mode (SMM)

Understanding Hardware

To be able to program code in a memory management context, you require knowledge of the hardware architecture at some level.

To help with ...