New CRAM method offers giant boost to compressed memory reads

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What happened

https://lpc.events/event/20/contributions/2424/ https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-CRAM-Compressed-RAM Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50005424 Points: 38 # Comments: 18…

Key facts

  • https://lpc.events/event/20/contributions/2424/ https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-CRAM-Compressed-RAM Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50005424 Points: 38 # Comments: 18…
  • Reported by Hacker News and published Thu, 08 Oct 2026 13:11:41 UTC.

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