Publication

Abramson, D.A.,1981, "Hardware Management of a Large Virtual Memory, Proc. 4th Australian Computer Science Conference", Brisbane (Australian Computer Science Communications 3, 1, pp. 1-13).

Abstract

The MONADS II Computer was built in the Computer Science department at Monash University in 1980. Among its many features, the Series II utilizes a capability based addressing scheme, in a large virtual memory.

Standard techniques unfortunately fail to provide an efficient mechanism for translating the Series II virtual addresses into main memory addresses. Another technique is proposed for mapping very large addresses, which operates very efficiently for a relatively low cost. The address translation units of two other computers are examined and are compared to the Series II unit.

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