Memory Allocation Strategy Analysis
An inference server for a large computational model manages its memory in fixed-size blocks. The current state of a memory segment is shown below, where 'F' denotes a free block and 'U' denotes a used block. A new request arrives that requires 5 blocks of memory.
Memory State: [U, U, F, F, U, U, U, F, U, F, F, U, U, U, F, U]
Based on this memory state, analyze whether the new 5-block request can be fulfilled by the following two allocation strategies. Justify your reasoning for each.
- A strategy that requires all 5 blocks for the request to be located in a single, continuous sequence.
- A strategy that allows the 5 blocks for the request to be stored in any available free locations, even if they are not adjacent to each other.
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