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Memory compression is actually pretty widely used. Linux has zram, which Android and ChromeOS have on by default. macOS/iOS has something similar.

• pedrocr 8y ago
  I was aware of those. I meant memory compression within the CPU core itself before going into cache, to match what the OP was describing.
• mg794613 8y ago
  Isn't that just for swap and not "normal"?