Dynamic memory allocation tends to be nondeterministic; the time taken to allocate memory may not be predictable and the memory pool may become fragmented, resulting in unexpected allocation failures.

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 ...

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 ...

According to the C++ Standard, these four variants of operator new (new, new [], nothrow new, and nothrow new []) are the only replaceable memory allocation functions. If you really want to prevent ...

Well, it’s still not exactly clear how memory allocation “increases the average utilization” or “significantly increases performance.” To even attempt to understand Dynamic Caching, we ...

Embedded web seminar from Mentor graphics taking place on Wednesday July 8 at 15:00 GMT. In C and C++, it can be convenient to allocate and de-allocate blocks of memory as and when needed. This is ...