Google reveals algorithms to address AI memory challenges; memory and storage stocks drop

Google (GOOG)(GOOGL) revealed a set of new algorithms today designed to reduce the amount of memory needed to run large language models and vector search engines. Shares of major memory and storage ...
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Facebook open sources Zstandard data compression algorithm, aims to replace technology behind Zip

Facebook is open sourcing a new compression algorithm called Zstandard that aims to replace the common technology behind the Zip file format. The most common algorithm behind the Zip file format is ...

MU, WDC, SNDK fall: Why Google’s TurboQuant is rattling memory stocks

Memory stocks fell Wednesday despite broader technology sector strength, with shares dropping after Google unveiled TurboQuant, a new compression algorithm that could reduce memory requirements for AI ...
TechCrunch

Microsoft open sources its data compression algorithm and hardware for the cloud

The amount of data that the big cloud computing providers now store is staggering, so it’s no surprise that most store all of this information as compressed data in some form or another — just like ...
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WiMi Proposed Cloud Computing-based Holographic Data Compression Algorithm

BEIJING, Sept. 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- WiMi Hologram Cloud Inc. (WIMI) ("WiMi" or the "Company"), a leading global Hologram Augmented Reality ("AR") Technology provider, today announced that a cloud ...
TechSpot

Chrome and Firefox are about to get a lot faster thanks to Google's new data compression algorithm

Google Chrome is about to get a lot faster, all thanks to a new algorithm called Brotli. Revealed by Google in September last year, the data compression algorithm is said to be 20 to 26 percent more ...
CNET

Google compression algorithm Zopfli may lead to faster Internet

Algorithm promises faster data transfer speeds and reduced Web page load times by compressing content up to 8 percent smaller than zlib. Steven Musil is a senior news editor at CNET News. He's been ...
Nature

Suffix Array Construction and Data Compression Algorithms

Suffix arrays serve as a fundamental tool in string processing by indexing all suffixes of a text in lexicographical order, thereby facilitating fast pattern searches, text retrieval, and genome ...
EDN

Testing space-grade processors for data compression

Efficient data compression and transmission are crucial in space missions due to restricted resources, such as bandwidth and storage capacity. This requires efficient data-compression methods that ...
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Brotli achieves 20-26% better compression rates when compared to Zopfli, Google's previous data compression algorithm

Google has just launched Brotli, a data compression algorithm specifically created to be used on the Web, allowing developers to better compress their content while storing it, or moving it from one ...
eWeek

Google Video Series Deciphers Compression Algorithms for Developers

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. Google is looking to help application and Website ...