Memory Protection Units

Memory Protection Units is a hardware component within a processor that enforces memory access permissions by defining and managing configurable memory regions with specified access rights, thereby isolating processes and protecting system integrity.

Publications

533

Citations

103

Authors

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

Variants

Memory Protection UnitMpu

Parents

Memory Protection Hardware

Publications

Protection strategies for direct access to virtualized I/O devices

Paul Willmann, Scott Rixner, Alan L. Cox · 2008 · 90 citations

Computing, Computer Engineering, Computer Systems +17

Thunderclap: Exploring Vulnerabilities in Operating System IOMMU Protection via DMA from Untrustworthy Peripherals

A. Theodore Markettos, Colin Rothwell, Brett F. Gutstein et al. · 2019 · 53 citations · Full text

Computing, Computer Science, Computer Systems +17

Mithril: Cooperative Row Hammer Protection on Commodity DRAM Leveraging Managed Refresh

Michael Jaemin Kim, Jaehyun Park, Yeonhong Park et al. · 2022 · 46 citations

Computing, Computer Engineering, Computer Science +11

Defending Against Attacks on Main Memory Persistence

William Enck, Kevin Butler, Thomas Richardson et al. · 2008 · 40 citations

Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science +17

Fast non-intrusive memory reclamation for highly-concurrent data structures

Dave Dice, Maurice Herlihy, Alex Kogan · 2016 · 40 citations

Computing, Computer Engineering, Computer Science +14

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Authors

103

RM
Roger M. Needham
University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
4 publications · 79 citations
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Peter G. Neumann
SRI International, United States
3 publications · 119 citations
3
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SW
Simon W. Moore
University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
3 publications · 119 citations
3
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AT
A. Theodore Markettos
University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
3 publications · 119 citations
3
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RN
Robert N. M. Watson
University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
3 publications · 119 citations
3
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Institutions

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Venues

IEEE Micro
1 publications · 36 citations
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Apollo (University of Cambridge)
Repository · 1 publications · 30 citations
1
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The Computer Journal
1 publications · 11 citations
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IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing
TDSC · 1 publications · 37 citations
1
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ACM SIGOPS Operating Systems Review
1 publications · 18 citations
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