Vendor: ZeroPoint Technologies AB Category: Data Compression

LZ4-compatible hardware compressor and decompressor IP

Standards-based, LZ4-compatible hardware compressor and decompressor for storage and SSD controllers.

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Overview

A high-performance hardware accelerator for LZ4-compatible compression and decompression, built for clean integration into ASIC and FPGA designs targeting storage and SSD controllers.

 

ZeroStorage accelerates standards-based LZ4 compression and decompression in hardware. It is fully software compatible and transparent to the host file system, so it drops into existing storage stacks without changing data formats.

Asymmetric by design

The compressor and decompressor can be configured and instantiated completely independently, so you only spend area on the direction and performance you actually need.

Key specifications

Default configuration benchmarks (8KB block, Samsung 4nm / TSMC N5). Silicon area figures are configuration dependent.

Standard LZ4-compatible compression and decompression.
Target implementation ASIC or FPGA, for SoC integration.
Operating frequency 1.6 GHz target (compressor and decompressor).
Compressor throughput 1.89 GB/s average, 2.98 GB/s peak (8KB block).
Decompressor throughput 5.05 GB/s average, 11.48 GB/s peak (8KB block).
Compression ratio 1.88x average on the Silesia dataset (software LZ4 reference: 2.1x).
Interfaces AMBA AXI4-Stream data interface, single clock domain. Exposed custom SRAM memory interface.
Configuration options Block size, frame vs block format compatibility, large block support via system DRAM, and broad design space exploration.

LZ4 software compatibility

Feature Support
Compression levels 1–12 Supported
Block sizes 64KB, 256KB, 1MB, 4MB Supported
Block independence and block dependency Supported
Frame content size Supported
Block mode, streaming mode, frame integrity checks Full support
Sparse mode, favor-decompression-speed Not supported

Key features

  • LZ4-compatible, fully software compatible
  • Asymmetric compressor / decompressor
  • ASIC and FPGA targets (Intel, AMD)
  • AMBA AXI4-Stream interface
  • Transparent to the host file system

Benefits

  • Maximum flexibility through extensive configuration options.
  • Industry-leading performance per mm² for LZ4 acceleration.
  • Efficient silicon footprint for advanced ASIC processes and leading Intel and AMD FPGA platforms.

Applications

  • Storage and media: accelerate compression and decompression for storage and SSD controllers.
  • DRAM memory: improve bandwidth utilization and capacity through real-time compression.
  • Streaming data: efficient compression for high-throughput streaming workloads.

What’s Included?

  • Encrypted RTL with a top-level reference design, for compressor and decompressor.
  • Clean-text testbench and a complete UVM verification framework.
  • Integration and user guide documentation.
  • Standard LZ4 public C-models.
  • FPGA flow support for Intel (Quartus) and AMD (Vivado).
  • ASIC flow support for Cadence and Synopsys.

Specifications

Identity

Part Number
ZeroStorage
Vendor
ZeroPoint Technologies AB
Type
Silicon IP

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