Systems and methods of compressing data

Abstract

A method includes, in response to a first write command corresponding to first data and a first context which is identifiable with a first identifier and to a second write command corresponding to second data and a second context identifiable with a second identifier, determining whether the first identifier of the first context matches the second identifier of the second context. The method also includes, if the first identifier of the first context is determined to match the second identifier of the second context, forming a compression group of data including the first data and the second data, and generating compressed data corresponding to the compression group of data.

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technical field [0001] The present disclosure generally relates to compressing data for storing data at a data storage device. Background technique [0002] Some host devices and data storage devices use data compression to efficiently utilize memory storage capacity. Data compression is performed by encoding data comprising a first set of bits to generate a second set of bits, wherein the second set of bits comprises fewer bits than the first set of bits. Thus, fewer bits are used to represent the compressed data than the bits used to represent the original data. Therefore, the compressed data can be stored in the memory using less available storage capacity of the memory. [0003] Generally, data compression removes redundant or unnecessary information from data. Data compression tends to be more space efficient when larger data blocks are compressed together than when smaller data blocks are compressed together. For example, when large data blocks are compressed, more...

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Additionally, the delay associated with the decompression operation of large chunks can lead to an unsatisfactory user experience

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