inari ( inari@piefed.zip ) to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 days agoNew Linux tech compresses memory in RAM, as RAM, for 452x speedup — new CRAM method offers giant boost to compressed memory readswww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square25linkfedilinkarrow-up1270 cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
arrow-up1270external-linkNew Linux tech compresses memory in RAM, as RAM, for 452x speedup — new CRAM method offers giant boost to compressed memory readswww.tomshardware.cominari ( inari@piefed.zip ) to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square25linkfedilink cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
minus-square🦄🦄🦄 ( Duke_Nukem_1990@feddit.org ) linkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days agoWhat are the real world effects of this? E.g. for gaming etc.
minus-squarenovafunc ( novafunc@discuss.tchncs.de ) linkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 days agoNone, your current hardware lacks support for this.
minus-squaremorto ( morto@piefed.social ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoWhat are the requirements?
minus-squarenovafunc ( novafunc@discuss.tchncs.de ) linkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days agoIn the presentation, they talk about a compression chip: https://www.youtube.com/live/OPRciCSsdS4?t=2060
minus-squareboonhet ( boonhet@lemmy.zip ) linkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoIf you’re running out of RAM you can use the faster CRAM instead of ZRAM which itself is already much faster than swap. Basically you can fit more data into your RAM
What are the real world effects of this? E.g. for gaming etc.
None, your current hardware lacks support for this.
What are the requirements?
In the presentation, they talk about a compression chip: https://www.youtube.com/live/OPRciCSsdS4?t=2060
If you’re running out of RAM you can use the faster CRAM instead of ZRAM which itself is already much faster than swap. Basically you can fit more data into your RAM