Memory Expansion Technology (MXT): Competitive impact

Memory Expansion Technology (MXT) has been discussed in anumber of forums. It is a hardware-implemented means for software-transparent on-the-fly compression oft he main-memory content of a computer system. For a very broad set of workloads, it provides a compression ratio of 2:1 or better.

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Published inIBM journal of research and development Vol. 45; no. 2; pp. 303 - 309
Main Authors Smith, T B, Abali, B, Poff, D E, Tremaine, R B
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Armonk International Business Machines Corporation 01.03.2001
Subjects
Competition
Computer memory
Cost benefit analysis
Purchasing
R&D
Research & development
Servers
Software
Twins
Workloads
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Summary:Memory Expansion Technology (MXT) has been discussed in anumber of forums. It is a hardware-implemented means for software-transparent on-the-fly compression oft he main-memory content of a computer system. For a very broad set of workloads, it provides a compression ratio of 2:1 or better.
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ISSN:0018-8646
0018-8646
2151-8556
DOI:10.1147/rd.452.0303