Embodiments may be generally direct to apparatuses, systems, method, and techniques to determine a configuration for a plurality of connectors, the configuration to associate a first interconnect protocol with a first subset of the plurality of connectors and a second interconnect protocol with a second subset of the plurality of connectors, the first interconnect protocol and the second interconnect protocol are different interconnect protocols and each comprising one of a serial link protocol, a coherent link protocol, and an accelerator link protocol, cause processing of data for communication via the first subset of the plurality of connectors in accordance with the first interconnect protocol, and cause processing of data for communication via the second subset of the plurality of connector in accordance with the second interconnect protocol.

A data compression technique involves: selecting, from a data block, a plurality of bit strings as sample data. The technique further involves: determining a set of characters included in the sample data. Each character in the set of characters is represented by at least one bit string among the plurality of bit strings. The technique further involves: compressing the data block if statistical characteristics of the set of characters match predetermined statistical characteristics. Accordingly, incompressible data can be filtered out efficiently and accurately, so as to utilize computing resources more efficiently.

Methods and systems for improving coding decoding efficiency of video by providing a syntax modeler, a buffer, and a decoder. The syntax modeler may associate a first sequence of symbols with syntax elements. The buffer may store tables, each represented by a symbol in the first sequence, and each used to associate a respective symbol in a second sequence of symbols with encoded data. The decoder decodes the data into a bitstream using the second sequence retrieved from a table.

An accelerator is disclosed. The accelerator may include a memory that may store a dictionary table. An address generator may be configured to generate an address in the dictionary table based on an encoded value, which may have an encoded width. An output filter may be configured to filter a decoded value from the dictionary table based on the encoded value, the encoded width, and a decoded width of the decoded data. The accelerator may be configured to support at least two different encoded widths.

Techniques are provided for a layout format for compressed data. A first set of data blocks are grouped into a first group based upon a first frequency of access to the first set of data blocks. A second set of data blocks are grouped into a second group based upon a second frequency of access to the second set of data blocks. The first set of data blocks are compressed into a first compression group using a first compression algorithm. The second set of data blocks are compressed into a second compression group using a second compression algorithm.

A data processing method includes obtaining a plurality of data blocks, determining a first data block and a second data block from the data blocks, where the first data block has a first hash value, and the second data block has a second hash value, where the first hash value is obtained by performing calculation on the first data block based on a hash algorithm and the second hash value is obtained by performing calculation on the second data block based on the hash algorithm, and combining and compressing the first data block and the second data block based on a degree of similarity of the first data block and the second data block.

A transmission method and a transmission device for a control plane message are provided. The method includes: compressing a control plane message by using a dictionary supported by a transmitting end; and transmitting the control plane message that is compressed by using the dictionary and identification information of the dictionary to a receiving end.

Technologies for switching network traffic include a network switch. The network switch includes one or more processors and communication circuitry coupled to the one or more processors. The communication circuity is capable of switching network traffic of multiple link layer protocols. Additionally, the network switch includes one or more memory devices storing instructions that, when executed, cause the network switch to receive, with the communication circuitry through an optical connection, network traffic to be forwarded, and determine a link layer protocol of the received network traffic. The instructions additionally cause the network switch to forward the network traffic as a function of the determined link layer protocol. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.

The disclosure is directed at a method of data compression using inferred data. By determining the number of leading zeroes for each data structure, a general header presenting all leading zeros can be generated and use to compress the data.

According to one embodiment, a memory system includes a first compression unit, a second compression unit, a non-volatile memory, a first decoding unit, a conversion unit and an output unit. The first compression unit is configured to output second data obtained by compressing first data. The second compression unit is configured to output third data obtained by compressing the second data. Fourth data based on the third data is written to the non-volatile memory. The first decoding unit is configured to decode the third data based on the fourth data to the second data. The conversion unit is configured to acquire fifth data by converting a format of the second data. The output unit is configured to output the fifth data to a host.