Method and Computing Device for Encrypting Data Stored in Swap Memory

The following embodiments generally relate to the use of a "swap area" in a non-volatile memory as an extension to volatile memory in a computing device. These embodiments include techniques to use both volatile memory and non-volatile swap memory to pre-load a plurality of applications, t...

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Main Authors MARCU ALON, MOUNTANIOL VSEVOLOD, WU ROBERT S, CHEN JIAN, KARKARE ASHISH
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 28.04.2016
Subjects
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
PHYSICS
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Summary:The following embodiments generally relate to the use of a "swap area" in a non-volatile memory as an extension to volatile memory in a computing device. These embodiments include techniques to use both volatile memory and non-volatile swap memory to pre-load a plurality of applications, to control the bandwidth of swap operations, to encrypt data stored in the swap area, and to perform a fast clean-up of the swap area.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201414272255