A new feature in Apple's upcoming OS X is reminiscent of a past technology for enhancing RAM use in Macs. Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a contributing author to MacFixIt ...

For most of Mac history using the standard memory configuration meant a world of hurt. The machine would boot and work well - usually - with one app at a time, but open a few Safari tabs, Mail, a ...

Apple has publicly touted a significant new feature in OS X 10.9 Mavericks designed to maximize RAM, storage and CPU use while also boosting power efficiency: Compressed Memory. The new Compressed ...

With people on the internet insisting that M1 Macs run well with minimal RAM (and the standard configs being minimal), I was wondering if anyone has a detailed explanation on how memory compression on ...

ZeroPoint Technology AB, a Swedish startup, has developed a new general-purpose memory compression technology called "Ziptilion" which the company claims can help system memory perform equivalent to ...

AI is only the latest and hungriest market for high-performance computing, and system architects are working around the clock to wring every drop of performance out of every watt. Swedish startup ...

In 1899, a writer for the popular magazine Punch’s Almanack famously wrote, “Everything that can be invented has been invented.” In 1943, IBM founder Thomas J. Watson allegedly said, “I think there is ...

Compression algorithms are not really new, so I've looked cautiously at the work of U.S. computer scientists claiming that 'they have developed technology that doubles the usable memory on cell phones ...

Video compression has become an essential technology to meet the burgeoning demand for high‐resolution content while maintaining manageable file sizes and transmission speeds. Recent advances in ...