NVIDIA nvCOMP#

The nvCOMP library provides fast lossless data compression and decompression using a GPU. It features generic compression interfaces to enable developers to use high-performance GPU compressors in their applications.

Compression Algorithms#

  • LZ4: General-purpose no-entropy byte-level compressor well-suited for a wide range of datasets.

  • Snappy: Similar to LZ4, this byte-level compressor is a popular existing format used for tabular data.

  • GDeflate: A new compression format that closely matches the DEFLATE format and allows more efficient GPU decompression.

  • Deflate: Huffman + LZ77, Provided for compatibility with existing Deflate-compressed datasets.

  • zStandard: Huffman + LZ77 + ANS, popular compression format developed by Meta.

NVIDIA-optimized Compression Formats (use nvCOMP to compress/decompress)#

  • Cascaded: Novel high-throughput compressor ideal for analytical or structured/tabular data.

  • Bitcomp: Proprietary compressor designed for efficient GPU compression in Scientific Computing applications.

  • ANS: Proprietary entropy encoder based on asymmetric numeral systems (ANS)

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