Methods and systems for storing variable length data blocks in memory

A memory system for storing a set of M variable length data blocks in a memory, each variable length data block having a maximum size of N*B, wherein M and N are integers greater than or equal to two and B is a maximum data size writable to the memory using a single memory access request, the memory system comprising:

• said memory, wherein said memory comprises:
• a portion allocated to the set of M variable length data blocks, the portion being greater than or equal to M*N*B independent of a size of the variable length data blocks in the set, the portion being partitioned into a maximum accessible data unit section and a remainder section, and
• a header section;
• and
• logic configured to:
• store, for each variable length data block in the set, first P non-overlapping portions of size B of the variable length data block in the maximum accessible data unit section, wherein P is a minimum of:
• (i) a number of non-overlapping portions of size B of the variable length data block, and (ii) X, wherein X is an integer less than N,
• store, in the remainder section, any remaining portions of the variable length data blocks in the set, and
• store, in the header section, information indicating a size of each variable length data block in the set.