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NextGen-Malloc: Giving Memory Allocator Its Own Room in the House

Description: Article describes how memory allocation and management have a significant impact on performance and energy of modern applications. The authors observe that performance can vary by as much as 72% in some applications based on which memory allocator is used, and in this paper, the authors make a case for offloading memory allocation (and other similar management functions) from main processing cores to other processing units to boost performance, reduce energy consumption, and customize services … more
Date: June 22, 2023
Creator: Li, Ruihao; Wu, Qinzhe; Kavi, Krishna M.; Mehta, Gayatri; Yadwadkar, Neeraja J. & John, Lizy Kurian
Partner: UNT College of Engineering
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