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Compressed memory is a performance increase. CPUs are fast.

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Depends on what sort of performance you're optimizing for, does it not?

There might be an energy hit… but there are a LOT of compute cycles available between cache fills: https://www.blosc.org/pages/blosc-in-depth/

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0 pointsstouset2y ago0 comments

Compressed memory is a performance increase. CPUs are fast.

Depends on what sort of performance you're optimizing for, does it not?

There might be an energy hit… but there are a LOT of compute cycles available between cache fills: https://www.blosc.org/pages/blosc-in-depth/

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse