Memory Management

Memory in VayuOS is treated as a Structured Object Graph. By replacing linear paging with Capability-Based Addressing (CBA), we eliminate entire classes of attacks like buffer overflows while enabling seamless zero-copy data exchange.

Understanding CBA Elastic Tiering

Capability-Based Addressing

Standard operating systems grant memory access based on address ranges. VayuOS grants access based on **Capability Tokens** which are hardware-bound and cryptographically verified.

Secure-Ptr

Pointer Provenance

Every pointer in VayuOS carries implicit bounds and permission bits that are checked by the MMU on every access, making buffer overruns physically impossible.

Dyn-Range

Dynamic Aliasing

Memory regions can be securely aliased across multiple capsule domains with different permissions (e.g., Read-Only for one, Read-Write for another) without duplicating data.

Auto-GC

Reference Tracked

The kernel tracks capability ownership across the system, enabling instant and safe reclamation of orphaned memory blocks without manual GC cycles.

Elastic Memory Tiering

VayuOS optimizes memory usage in real-time by transparently moving pages between high-speed cache, main RAM, and compressed swap tiers.

Transparent Compression

Idle memory pages are automatically compressed using the low-latency VayuZstd algorithm, effectively doubling available system RAM with negligible CPU impact.

EFFECTIVE RAM
2.4x
IO WAIT TIME
-92%

Memory Topology

# Memory Map Analysis
T1 (SRAM): 32MB / Active
T2 (DRAM): 16GB / Ready
T3 (ZSWAP): 32GB / Elastic
T4 (NVMe): 512GB / Persist

VayuHugePages

Optimized TLB management through dynamic large page allocation, reducing memory lookup overhead for high-performance creative apps.

Atomic Swap

Swap out entire dormant process capsules to persistent storage as a single transactional unit, ensuring instant recovery on demand.

Enclave Mapping

Direct support for hardware enclaves (like Intel SGX or Apple Secure Enclave), ensuring sensitive data remains encrypted even from the kernel.