MMP allows systems to be extensible, efficient, and robust, whereas current software-based schemes require that a designer choose only two of these properties. Compared with other proposed hardware fine-grained protection schemes, MMP has the advantage that it is backwards compatible with existing instruction sets and existing OS protection models, and so can be introduced incrementally.
MMP enables the hardware to enforce the inter-module boundaries already present in the software structure, helping to address the problem of poor OS stability due to poorly coded device drivers. MMP supports further modularization of the kernel by reducing the overhead of enforced modularity, which should result in systems that are more reliable and more maintainable.