Heterogeneous Core Memory Sharing Across Processor Architectures

The patent introduces a memory management unit (MMU) and translation layer that acts as an intermediary between heterogeneous processing cores and physical memory. This translation layer handles address space translation and memory allocation, allowing different processor architectures to access shared memory without direct complex interactions, thus improving memory efficiency while managing system complexity through abstraction.

The patent implements a universal memory interface and common address space that can be accessed by multiple heterogeneous processing cores simultaneously. This universal memory system provides multi-functional access patterns (read, write, synchronized access) and supports different memory allocation schemes, enabling efficient resource sharing across diverse architectures without requiring architecture-specific memory implementations for each core.

The patent implements fine-grained synchronization where only specific memory regions or data elements are synchronized rather than the entire address space. Different synchronization mechanisms (locks, barriers, atomic operations) are applied locally to specific critical sections, allowing non-critical memory accesses to proceed without synchronization overhead, thus maintaining data consistency where needed while preserving access speed where possible.

The patent applies synchronization selectively and partially - using lightweight synchronization primitives for frequently accessed data and heavier mechanisms only when absolutely necessary. The system employs optimistic concurrency control where transactions are executed without immediate synchronization checks, and conflicts are resolved only when detected, reducing overall synchronization overhead while maintaining data consistency.