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Managing a codec engine for memory compression/decompression operations using a data movement engine

  • US 7,089,391 B2
  • Filed: 08/23/2002
  • Issued: 08/08/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/14/2000
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for managing memory in a system including a CPU, a data movement engine (DME), and one or more memory modules comprising system memory, wherein at least one memory module includes a compression engine, the method comprising:

  • the data movement engine reading first data from the system memory;

    the data movement engine writing the first data to the compression engine;

    the compression engine included on the at least one memory module compressing the first data to form a first compressed data;

    the data movement engine reading the first compressed data from the at least one memory module; and

    the data movement engine writing the first compressed data to the system memory.

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