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Methods and apparatus relating to network packet payload compression/decompression are described. In an embodiment, an uncompressed packet payload may be compressed before being transferred between various components of a computing system. For example, a packet payload may be compressed prior to tra

Methods and apparatus relating to network packet payload compression/decompression are described. In an embodiment, an uncompressed packet payload may be compressed before being transferred between various components of a computing system. For example, a packet payload may be compressed prior to transfer between network interface cards or controllers (NICs) and storage devices (e.g., including a main system memory and/or cache(s)), as well as between processors (or processor cores) and storage devices (e.g., including main system memory and/or caches). Other embodiments are also disclosed.

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What is claimed is: 1. A network input/output (I/O) system comprising:a first hardware logic to receive an uncompressed packet payload and compress the uncompressed packet payload prior to storing the compressed packet payload in a storage device; anda second hardware logic to decompress the stored

What is claimed is: 1. A network input/output (I/O) system comprising:a first hardware logic to receive an uncompressed packet payload and compress the uncompressed packet payload prior to storing the compressed packet payload in a storage device; anda second hardware logic to decompress the stored packet payload based on one or more bits stored in a descriptor corresponding to the compressed packet payload, wherein the one or more stored bits indicate that the stored packet payload was previously compressed,wherein the descriptor is to comprise a compression type field to indicate a type of compression utilized by the first hardware logic to compress the uncompressed packet and the first hardware logic is to compress the uncompressed packet payload received from a cache coupled to a processor, wherein the cache comprises one or more of a level 1 (L1) cache, a level 2 (L2) cache, a mid-level cache (MLC), or a last level cache (LLC).