Memory fabric software implementation

An object memory fabric comprising:

• a plurality of hardware-based processing nodes, each hardware-based processing node comprising:
• a memory module comprising a hardware component installed in the hardware-based processing node storing and managing one or more memory objects within an object-based memory space, wherein each memory object is created natively within the memory module through a namespace of the memory fabric, each memory object is accessed by applications executing on the hardware-based processing node using a single memory reference instruction without Input/Output (I/O) instructions by the applications, each memory object is managed by the memory module through the namespace of the memory fabric at a single memory layer without distinction between volatile memory and non-volatile storage, and wherein the memory module provides to the applications an interface layer below an application layer of a software stack, the interface layer comprising one or more storage managers compiled into the hardware of the memory module and managing hardware of a processor and controlling at a hardware layer portions of the object-based memory space visible to a virtual address space and physical address space of the processor;
• a node router communicatively coupled with each of the one or more memory modules of the node and adapted to route memory objects or portions of memory objects between the one or more memory modules of the node;
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• one or more inter-node routers communicatively coupled with each node router, wherein each of the plurality of nodes of the object memory fabric is communicatively coupled with at least one of the inter-node routers and adapted to route memory objects or portions of memory objects between the plurality of nodes.

A method for interfacing an object-based memory fabric with software executing on one or more nodes of the object-based memory fabric, the method comprising:

• creating, by a memory module of a hardware-based processing node of the object-based memory fabric, each memory object natively within the memory module through a namespace of the memory fabric, wherein the memory module comprises a hardware component installed in the hardware-based processing node,
• accessing, by applications executing on the hardware-based processing node, each memory object using a single memory reference instruction without Input/Output (I/O) instructions applications,
• managing, by the memory module of the hardware-based processing node, each memory object within the memory module through the namespace of the memory fabric and at a single memory layer without distinction between volatile memory and non-volatile storage, and
• providing, by the memory module of the hardware-based processing node, an interface layer to the applications, the interface layer below an application layer of a software stack, the interface layer comprising one or more storage managers compiled into the hardware of the memory module and managing hardware of a processor and controlling at a hardware layer portions of the object-based memory space visible to a virtual address space and physical address space of the processor.