INSTRUCTION AND LOGIC FOR HARDWARE COMPRESSION WITH TILED DATA STRUCTURES OF DISSIMILAR DIMENSIONS

摘要

An apparatus includes a controller and a compression unit. The controller includes logic to receive an input line of data from a data producer and divide the input line of data into a plurality of segment. Each segment corresponds to a compression context and to a multi-line data tile. The controller also includes logic to write a first segment of the input line to a first multi-line data tile, and to write a second segment of the input line to a second multi-line data tile upon reaching a boundary of the first multi-line data tile. The compression unit includes logic to apply a first compression context to the first multi-line data tile and a second compression context to the second multi-line data tile.

主权项

1. An apparatus, comprising:
a controller including:
a first logic to receive an input line of data from a data producer;a second logic to divide the input line of data into a plurality of segments, each segment corresponding to a compression context and to a multi-line data tile;a third logic to write a first segment of the input line to a first multi-line data tile; anda fourth logic to write a second segment of the input line to a second multi-line data tile upon reaching a boundary of the first multi-line data tile; and a compression unit including a fifth logic to apply a first compression context to the first multi-line data tile and a second compression context to the second multi-line data tile.