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* In 2012, some versions of the [[POWER7]]+ chip included the AME hardware accelerator for data compression support, used on AIX, for virtual memory compression.<ref name="IBM-POWER7+" />
* In December 2012, the [[zswap]] project was announced; it was merged into the [[Linux kernel mainline]] in September 2013.
* In June 2013, Apple announced that it willwould include virtual memory compression in [[OS&nbsp;X Mavericks]], using the Wilson-Kaplan WKdm algorithm.<ref>https://arstechnica.com/apple/2013/10/os-x-10-9/17/#compressed-memory</ref><ref>https://www.usenix.org/legacy/publications/library/proceedings/usenix01/cfp/wilson/wilson_html/acc.html</ref>
* An August 10, 2015 "[[Windows Insider]] Preview" update for [[Windows&nbsp;10]] (build 10525) added support for RAM compression.<ref>{{cite web|last=Aul |first=Gabe |url=http://blogs.windows.com/bloggingwindows/2015/08/18/announcing-windows-10-insider-preview-build-10525/ |title=Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 10525 |work=Blogging Windows |publisher=Microsoft |date=August 18, 2015 |accessdate=August 19, 2015}}</ref>