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LZ4 v1.10 Introduces Multi-Threading Support For Major Compression Speedups


Yann Collet released LZ4 v1.10 today as a major update to this extremely fast compression algorithm

Most significant with LZ4 1.10 is adding multi-threaded compression support for much faster performance with today's modern multi-core processors. Benchmarks by Yann Collet show LZ4 1.10 with multi-threading being 5.4~8.0x faster with various data and across Intel / AMD / Apple processors on Windows / macOS / Linux. Try it today to view our site ad-free, multi-page articles on a single page, and more while the proceeds allow us to write more Linux hardware reviews.

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