Abstract: A decompression system has a plurality of decompression devices in an array or chain layout for decompressing respective compressed data values of a compressed data block. A first decompression device is connected to a next decompression device, and a last decompression device is connected to a preceding decompression device. The first decompression device decompresses a compressed data value and reduces the compressed data block by extracting a codeword of the compressed data value and removing the compressed data value from the compressed data block, retrieving a decompressed data value out of the extracted codeword, and passing the reduced compressed data block to the next decompression device. The last decompression device receives a reduced compressed data block from the preceding decompression device and decompresses another compressed data value by extracting a codeword of the other compressed data value, and retrieving another decompressed data value out of the extracted codeword.

Abstract: A decompression system (800; 1100; 1300) for decompressing a compressed data block that comprises a plurality of compressed data values is presented. The decompression system has a plurality of decompression devices (700; 1200A-B) in an array or chain layout (820a-820m?1; 120a-1120m?1; 1320a-1320m?1) for decompressing respective compressed data values of the compressed data block. A first decompression device (820a; 1120a; 1320a) is connected to a next decompression device (820b; 1120b; 1320b), and a last decompression device (820m?1; 120m?1; 1320m?1) is connected to a preceding decompression device (820m?2; 1120m?2; 320m?2).