Partitioning of non-volatile memories for vectorization

A machine readable storage medium that stores instructions, which when executed by the machine to cause the machine to perform the acts of:

• analyzing a source file for a list of functions;
• building first executable code from the source file;
• performance profiling the first executable code for each function in the list of functions;
• measuring the memory occupancy of each function in the list of functions;
• assigning functions to a plurality of memory technologies according to at least one heuristic that uses as input at least one set of results from the performance profiling, further according to at least one set of results from the measuring and still further according to a predetermined set of performance criteria and
• building a second executable code comprising a vector table responsive to the assigning.

An apparatus comprising:

• a ROM (Read-Only Memory) and
• a Flash memory;
• wherein the ROM and the Flash memory jointly contain a copy of object code formed by executing programmed instructions on a finite-state automaton to cause the automaton to perform the acts of:
• analyzing a source file for a list of functions;
• building first executable code from the source file;
• performance profiling the first executable code for each function in the list of functions;
• measuring the memory occupancy of each function in the list of functions;
• assigning functions to a plurality of memory technologies according to at least one heuristic that inputs at least one set of results from the performance profiling, to at least one set of results from the measuring and to a predetermined set of performance criteria and
• building a second executable code comprising a vector table responsive to the assigning.