METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADMINISTRATION OF EXTENDED MEMORY

A method for managing execution of program includes a memory management process to optimize use of primary and secondary memories 20,21, by storing all software units in the secondary memory 21 and copying specific software units necessary for execution of the program to the primary memory 20. Because the memory management process is performed during run-time, a process of calculating address values for the step of copying and offset values for the step of pattern dependency resolution are implemented in hardware. A development and debug application of the disclosed method is used to access specific memory locations without requiring a recompile and download of the code, while the data manipulator is used to perform efficient memory de-fragmentation.