A garbage collection system that needs to meet real-time requirements breaks large objects that need to be moved into a series of arraylets. The arraylets are sized such that the amount of time required to move the arraylets is bounded by a predetermined amount. The arrays are preferably uniformly represented...http://www.google.com/patents/US7792880?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7792880 - Method and apparatus for efficient implementation of discontiguous objects
