SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING MEMORY COMPRESSION

• Main Authors: GONION JEFFRY E, LEE CHRIS CHENGIEH, TUCKER CHARLES E, SAZEGARI, ALI, WILLIAMS III GERARD R
• Format: Patent
• Language: Chinese; English
• Published: 03.10.2023
• Subjects: BASIC ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY; CALCULATING; CODE CONVERSION IN GENERAL; CODING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; DECODING; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; ELECTRICITY; PHYSICS

The invention relates to a system and method for performing memory compression. Systems, apparatuses, and methods for efficiently moving data for storage and processing are described. In various embodiments, a compression unit within a processor includes a plurality of hardware channels, two or more input words are selected for compression, and used to assign them to two or more of the plurality of hardware channels. When processing each assigned input word, each word is compared to an entry of a plurality of entries of the table. If the same entry for each index table in the allocated input words is determined, the hardware channel with the oldest input word generates a single read request for the table entry, and the hardware channel with the latest input word generates a single write request for updating the table entry upon completion of compression. Each hardware channel generates a compressed packet based on its allocated input word. 本发明涉及用于执行存储器压缩的系统和方法。描述了用于高效地移动数据以用于存储和处理的系统、装置和方法。在各种实施方案中，处理器内的压缩单元包