In hands-on testing, Intel QAT-enabled system sped up database backups compared to an AMD processor-based system with software compression SANTA CLARA, CA, UNITED ...

Data compression is critical to cloud and data streaming applications by reducing data transfer times and storage utilization. But compressing and decompressing data consumes processor resources and ...

Intel Corp. and On2 Technologies Inc., a video compression company, will jointly work on optimizing On2's codecs and players to Pentium 4 processor-based systems and chipsets, it was announced today.

NEW YORK — Intel Corp. and On2 Technologies Inc. today (July 10) announced a deal under which the companies would optimize On2's compression technology for Intel's Pentium 4-based processors and chip ...

AV1 compression technology from companies like Google, Microsoft, Amazon and Netflix is here. And it's blowing up the video industry's patent rules, too. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to ...