Windows® Embedded CE 6.0 Fundamentals

Operating System Virtual Memory Architecture

The Windows Embedded CE 6.0 operating system is built based on virtual memory, which provides the operating system with a flexible and effective way of managing the limited resources of physical memory. The architecture of virtual memory is a mapping of virtual memory addresses to physical addresses. The architecture of virtual memory implies that virtual memory is mapped to physical memory, and not vice versa. Generally speaking, it is impossible to determine a corresponding virtual address if you know the physical address. Besides, sometimes it is common for multiple virtual addresses to be mapped to the same physical address. For example, the binary code of a dynamic-link library (DLL) can be loaded ...