T9 VirtualRAM — Research & Distributed Memory Architecture

A centralized repository organizing core research papers, frameworks, and implementations referenced in the T9 VirtualRAM Research documentation.

This repository tracks cutting-edge projects across Distributed Shared Memory (DSM), Remote Memory Pooling, Memory Disaggregation & Swap Systems, Compute Express Link (CXL), RAM Disks, and Kernel-Level DMA Analysis.

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📌 Submodules Overview

All external repositories are integrated as lightweight Git submodules.

Category	Repository	Description	Link
Distributed Shared Memory & Pooling	r3map	High-performance remote memory region mounts and migrations in user space using Go.	pojntfx/r3map
	MemLiner	Remote-memory-friendly runtime system for memory-disaggregated clusters.	uclasystem/MemLiner
	canvas	Isolated and adaptive swapping for multi-applications on remote memory.	uclasystem/canvas
	Mako	Low-pause, high-throughput garbage collector designed for memory-disaggregated datacenters.	uclasystem/Mako
	rmpool	C++ remote memory pooling mechanism across network-connected machines.	dopecoder/rmpool
	puma	Kernel-level remote memory caching framework for datacenter VMs.	mlorrillere/puma
	hclib	Task-based parallel programming model supporting shared and distributed memory.	habanero-rice/hclib
Memory Disaggregation & Swap Systems	Infiniswap	RDMA-based decentralized swap paging for efficient memory disaggregation.	SymbioticLab/Infiniswap
	fastswap	Fast swap system for far memory over high-speed RDMA networks.	clusterfarmem/fastswap
	cfm	Cluster far-memory framework complementing fastswap-driven disaggregation.	clusterfarmem/cfm
CXL (Compute Express Link)	SimCXL	Full-system cycle-level simulator based on gem5 supporting all CXL protocols and device types.	TianheMICALab/SimCXL
	cxl-reskit	CXL Memory Resource Kit (CMRK) with diagnostics, benchmarks, and management utilities.	cxl-reskit/cxl-reskit
RAM Disk & Block-Level Caching	rapiddisk	Advanced Linux RAM drive and caching kernel modules with RESTful API and NVMe Target support.	pkoutoupis/rapiddisk
Kernel Memory & DMA Analysis	rwMem	Kernel module to read/write memory and set hardware breakpoints in remote processes.	ri-char/rwMem
	LeechCore	Physical memory acquisition library & remote acquisition agent.	ufrisk/LeechCore
	pcileech	Direct Memory Access (DMA) attack and memory acquisition framework over PCIe and network.	ufrisk/pcileech

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🚀 Cloning & Working with Submodules

1. Shallow / Standard Clone (No submodules downloaded locally)

By default, cloning this repository does NOT download the submodules' contents, saving disk space and network bandwidth:

git clone https://github.com/engrtarun/T9-VirtualRAM.git

2. Selective Submodule Initialization

If you only need to inspect one specific repository without downloading the rest:

# Example: Initialize only r3map
git submodule update --init submodules/r3map

3. Full Clone (All submodules)

To fetch all submodules including their source files:

git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/engrtarun/T9-VirtualRAM.git

(Warning: Repositories such as MemLiner exceed 300MB+).

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📄 Reference Document

• Research PDF Document