Virtual memory is essential for application programs. Virtual memory allows each application program to run within a full address space, regardless of how much physical memory exists and regardless of how many processes are competing for that physical memory. As such, modern operating systems are expected to provide support for virtual memory. However, operating systems cannot support virtual memory unless the underlying processor architecture provides hardware support for virtual memory. In other words, supporting virtual memory requires a combination of hardware support within the processor and software support within the operating system. Processor architectures provide hardware support for virtual memory. For this Discussion, your job is to analyze the support provided by one of those architectures. To prepare: Research a processor architecture and how it supports virtual memory. Analysis of the processors support for virtual memory. Do the following:

Summarize how the processor architecture supports virtual memory.

Identify at least two advantages and two disadvantages in its virtual memory support.

Explain what effects (positive or negative) the architectures virtual memory support has on application software.