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

In C and C++, it can be very convenient to allocate and de-allocate blocks of memory as and when needed. This is certainly standard practice in both languages and almost unavoidable in C++. However, ...

LWMalloc is an ultra-lightweight dynamic memory allocator designed for embedded systems that is said to outperform ptmalloc ...

Okay, I'm reading my old C++ textbooks from college and they all talk about dynamic memory allocation. We all know that when creating objects at compile time that they will be allocated to the ...

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I believe there will always be some classes of applications where using dynamic allocation, regardless of rich resources, is a poor choice. So in addition to answering whether you use or allow dynamic ...

Did you know it was possible to dynamically reallocate RAM to and from a KVM guest, while the guest is running? I didn't know that, until I accidentally actually did so today. I had a host with ...

But the general takeaway seems to be that Dynamic Caching allows the GPU to have more efficient memory allocation. Simple enough, right?