New Linux tech compresses memory in RAM, as RAM, for 452x speedup
- ID
- 32831
- Status
- summarized
- Published
- 08 Oct 2026, 12:20 AM
- Fetched
- 08 Oct 2026, 12:50 AM
- Provider
- Tom's Hardware
- Category
- technology
- Original URL
- https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/new-linux-tech-compresses-memory-in-ram-as-ram-for-452x-speedup-new-cram-method-offers-giant-boost-to-compressed-memory-reads
- Source URL
- https://www.tomshardware.com/feeds/all
Summary
- Score
- 4.0
- Created
- 08 Oct 2026, 12:51 AM
- Tags
- Audience
- developersai_ml_learners
What happened
Tom's Hardware reports a new Linux memory-compression technique called CRAM that it says delivers a 452x speedup on compressed memory reads, achieved by compressing memory in RAM while keeping it addressable as RAM. The supplied page text contains only site navigation, membership and newsletter boilerplate — no benchmark setup, kernel version, patch link, upstream status, or methodology is included, so the 452x figure cannot be checked from this item.
Why it matters
Nothing here changes what you should deploy today: there is no kernel version, no patch or merge status, and no workload description behind the 452x claim. If you run memory-tight Linux boxes (small cloud instances, zram/zswap users, self-hosted services), the thing to watch for is an actual upstream patch plus third-party benchmarks — treat the 452x as a headline number until a reproducible test config exists.
Discussion angle
What would you need to see before believing a 452x memory-read speedup — baseline workload, kernel version, patch link, or an independent rerun — and how would you sanity-check it on your own VM?