Parallel compression/decompression system and method for implementation of in-memory compressed cache improving storage density and access speed for industry standard memory subsystems and in-line memory modules

A method for managing memory in a system including a CPU and one or more memory modules comprising system memory, wherein at least one memory module includes a compression/decompression engine, the method comprising:

• reading a first compressed data from a first compressed portion of the system memory;
• writing the first compressed data to the at least one memory module;
• the compression/decompression engine included on the at least one memory module decompressing the first compressed data to form a first data;
• reading the first data from the at least one memory module;
• and
• writing the first data to the system memory.

A method for managing memory in a system including a CPU and a plurality of memory modules comprising system memory, wherein each of the plurality of memory modules includes a compression/decompression engine, the method comprising:

• reading a first data from the system memory;
• writing the first data to a first memory module;
• the compression/decompression engine included on the first memory module compressing the first data to form a first compressed data;
• reading the first compressed data from the first memory module;
• and
• writing the first compressed data to a first compressed portion of the system memory.

A method for managing memory in a system including a CPU, one or more memory modules comprising system memory, and a memory controller including a compression/decompression engine, the method comprising:

• reading a first data from the system memory;
• writing the first data to the compression/decompression engine;
• the compression/decompression engine compressing the first data to form a first compressed data;
• reading the first compressed data from the compression/decompression engine;
• and
• writing the first compressed data to a first compressed portion of the system memory.

A method for managing memory in a system including a CPU and one or more memory modules comprising system memory, wherein at least one memory module includes a compression/decompression engine, the method comprising:

• a) reading a first data from the system memory;
• b) writing the first data to the at least one memory module;
• c) the compression/decompression engine included on the at least one memory module compressing the first data to form a first compressed data;
• d) reading the first compressed data from the at least one memory module;
• e) comparing a size of the first compressed data to a size of the first data;
• f) writing the first data to the first compressed portion of the system memory in response to the size of the first compressed data being greater than or equal to the size of the first data;
• and
• g) writing the first compressed data to a first compressed portion of the system memory in response to the size of the first compressed data being smaller than the size of the first data.

A method for managing memory in a system including a CPU, a nonvolatile memory, and one or more memory modules comprising system memory, wherein at least one memory module includes a compression/decompression engine, the method comprising:

• reading a first data from the system memory;
• writing the first data to the at least one memory module;
• the compression/decompression engine included on the at least one memory module compressing the first data to form a first compressed data;
• reading the first compressed data from the at least one memory module;
• and
• writing the first compressed data to a compressed portion of the nonvolatile memory.

A method for managing memory in a system including a CPU, a nonvolatile memory, and one or more memory modules comprising system memory, wherein at least one memory module includes a compression/decompression engine, the method comprising:

• reading a first compressed data from a compressed portion of the nonvolatile memory;
• writing the first compressed data to the at least one memory module;
• the compression/decompression engine included on the at least one memory module decompressing the first compressed data to form a first data;
• reading the first data from the at least one memory module;
• and
• writing the first data to the system memory.

A method for managing memory in a system including a CPU, a nonvolatile memory, and a plurality of memory modules comprising system memory, wherein each of the plurality of memory modules includes a compression/decompression engine, the method comprising:

• reading a first data from the system memory;
• writing the first data to a first memory module;
• the compression/decompression engine included on the first memory module compressing the first data to form a first compressed data;
• reading the first compressed data from the first memory module;
• and
• writing the first compressed data to a compressed portion of the nonvolatile memory.

A method for managing memory in a system including a CPU, a nonvolatile memory, one or more memory modules comprising system memory, and a memory controller including a compression/decompression engine, the method comprising:

• reading a first data from the system memory;
• writing the first data to the compression/decompression engine;
• the compression/decompression engine compressing the first data to form a first compressed data;
• reading the first compressed data from the compression/decompression engine;
• and
• writing the first compressed data to a compressed portion of the nonvolatile memory.