For memory allocation, this requires knowing how much memory an application will need in the worst case, and then finding ways to reduce that amount. To do this, an application developer needs to ...

A process' memory usually is classified as either static, the size is predetermined at compile time, or dynamic, space is allocated as needed at runtime. The latter, in turn, is divided into heap ...

Reserving memory moment to moment, as needed, without having to reserve a fixed amount ahead of time. Modern operating systems perform dynamic memory allocation for their own use. They may also ...

Dynamic random access memory (DRAM) stores data in a capacitor. These capacitors leak charge so the information fades unless the charge is refreshed periodically. Because of this refresh requirement, ...

When To Use Malloc In Dynamic Memory Allocation Introduction to dynamic memory allocation. A topic that I find particularly interesting, which is raised by many embedded software developers whom I ...

For desktop applications, where memory is freely available, these difficulties can be ignored. For embedded - generally real time - applications, ignoring the issue is not an option. Dynamic memory ...