diff --git a/include/sec21/literals/memory.h b/include/sec21/literals/memory.h
index 2682b7e3..5fbea40c 100644
--- a/include/sec21/literals/memory.h
+++ b/include/sec21/literals/memory.h
@@ -1,26 +1,35 @@
 #pragma once
 
+#include <sec21/memory.h>
+
 namespace sec21::literals
 {
+   //! \brief Byte
+   constexpr auto operator""_B(unsigned long long n) noexcept -> memory { return {n}; }
+
+   // SI
+   //
    //! \brief Kilobyte
-   constexpr auto operator""_kB(unsigned long long n) noexcept { return n * 1000; }
+   constexpr auto operator""_kB(unsigned long long n) noexcept -> memory { return {n * 1000}; }
    //! \brief Megabyte
-   constexpr auto operator""_MB(unsigned long long n) noexcept { return n * 1000_kB; }
+   constexpr auto operator""_MB(unsigned long long n) noexcept -> memory { return memory{n} * 1000_kB; }
    //! \brief Gigabyte
-   constexpr auto operator""_GB(unsigned long long n) noexcept { return n * 1000_MB; }
+   constexpr auto operator""_GB(unsigned long long n) noexcept -> memory { return memory{n} * 1000_MB; }
    //! \brief Terabyte
-   constexpr auto operator""_TB(unsigned long long n) noexcept { return n * 1000_GB; }
+   constexpr auto operator""_TB(unsigned long long n) noexcept -> memory { return memory{n} * 1000_GB; }
    //! \brief Petabyte
-   constexpr auto operator""_PB(unsigned long long n) noexcept { return n * 1000_TB; }
+   constexpr auto operator""_PB(unsigned long long n) noexcept -> memory { return memory{n} * 1000_TB; }
 
+   // IEC
+   //
    //! \brief Kibibyte
-   constexpr auto operator""_kiB(unsigned long long n) noexcept { return n * 1024; }
+   constexpr auto operator""_kiB(unsigned long long n) noexcept -> memory { return {n * 1024}; }
    //! \brief Mebibyte
-   constexpr auto operator""_MiB(unsigned long long n) noexcept { return n * 1024_kiB; }
+   constexpr auto operator""_MiB(unsigned long long n) noexcept -> memory { return memory{n} * 1024_kiB; }
    //! \brief Gibibyte
-   constexpr auto operator""_GiB(unsigned long long n) noexcept { return n * 1024_MiB; }
+   constexpr auto operator""_GiB(unsigned long long n) noexcept -> memory { return memory{n} * 1024_MiB; }
    //! \brief Tebibyte
-   constexpr auto operator""_TiB(unsigned long long n) noexcept { return n * 1024_GiB; }
+   constexpr auto operator""_TiB(unsigned long long n) noexcept -> memory { return memory{n} * 1024_GiB; }
    //! \brief Pebibyte
-   constexpr auto operator""_PiB(unsigned long long n) noexcept { return n * 1024_TiB; }
+   constexpr auto operator""_PiB(unsigned long long n) noexcept -> memory { return memory{n} * 1024_TiB; }
 } // namespace sec21::literals
diff --git a/include/sec21/memory.h b/include/sec21/memory.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f4bb433c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/sec21/memory.h
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <cmath>
+#include <format>
+#include <utility>
+
+namespace sec21
+{
+   struct memory
+   {
+      using value_t = unsigned long long;
+      value_t bytes{};
+
+      friend auto operator<=>(memory const&, memory const&) = default;
+
+      friend auto operator<<(std::ostream& out, memory const& obj) -> auto& { return out << obj.bytes; }
+   };
+
+   [[nodiscard]] constexpr auto operator+(memory const& lhs, std::byte rhs) noexcept -> memory
+   {
+      return {lhs.bytes + std::to_underlying(rhs)};
+   }
+
+   [[nodiscard]] constexpr auto operator+(memory const& lhs, memory const& rhs) noexcept -> memory
+   {
+      return {lhs.bytes + rhs.bytes};
+   }
+
+   [[nodiscard]] constexpr auto operator-(memory const& lhs, std::byte rhs) noexcept -> memory
+   {
+      if (std::to_underlying(rhs) > lhs.bytes) {
+         throw std::out_of_range{"right-hand-side is greater than the left-hand-side"};
+      }
+      return {lhs.bytes - std::to_underlying(rhs)};
+   }
+
+   [[nodiscard]] constexpr auto operator-(memory const& lhs, memory const& rhs) -> memory
+   {
+      if (rhs.bytes > lhs.bytes) {
+         throw std::out_of_range{"right-hand-side is greater than the left-hand-side"};
+      }
+      return {lhs.bytes - rhs.bytes};
+   }
+
+   [[nodiscard]] constexpr auto operator*(memory const& lhs, std::byte rhs) noexcept -> memory
+   {
+      return {lhs.bytes * std::to_underlying(rhs)};
+   }
+
+   [[nodiscard]] constexpr auto operator*(memory const& lhs, memory const& rhs) noexcept -> memory
+   {
+      return {lhs.bytes * rhs.bytes};
+   }
+} // namespace sec21
+
+template <>
+struct std::formatter<sec21::memory>
+{
+   constexpr auto parse(std::format_parse_context& ctx)
+   {
+      auto pos = ctx.begin();
+      while (pos != ctx.end() and *pos != '}') {
+         if (*pos == 'h' or *pos == 'H') {
+            human_readable = true;
+         }
+         if (*pos == '.') {
+            pos = std::from_chars(++pos, ctx.end(), precision).ptr;
+            --pos;
+         }
+         ++pos;
+      }
+      return pos;
+   }
+
+   auto format(sec21::memory const& obj, std::format_context& ctx) const
+   {
+      constexpr auto units = std::array{"B", "kB", "MB", "GB", "TB", "PB"};
+
+      if (human_readable) {
+         constexpr auto factor = 1000;
+         constexpr auto factorIEC = 1024; //! \todo
+
+         auto value = static_cast<double>(obj.bytes);
+         auto unit = units[0];
+
+         for (decltype(units.size()) i = 0; i < units.size(); ++i) {
+            if (obj.bytes >= std::pow(factor, i)) {
+               value = static_cast<double>(obj.bytes) / std::pow(factor, i);
+               unit = units[i];
+            }
+         }
+         return std::format_to(ctx.out(), "{:.{}f}{}", value, precision, unit);
+      }
+      return std::format_to(ctx.out(), "{}{}", obj.bytes, units[0]);
+   }
+
+   bool human_readable{false};
+   std::size_t precision{2};
+};
diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 95dd9fcb..20440b6f 100644
--- a/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ test("for_each_adjacent")
 test("for_each_chunk")
 test("for_each_indexed")
 test("limited_quantity")
+test("memory")
 test("literals.memory")
 test("reflection.get_column")
 test("scope_guard")
diff --git a/tests/literals.memory.cpp b/tests/literals.memory.cpp
index 91555110..71cc421a 100644
--- a/tests/literals.memory.cpp
+++ b/tests/literals.memory.cpp
@@ -2,19 +2,22 @@
 
 #include <sec21/literals/memory.h>
 
-TEST_CASE("checks memory literals", "[sec21][type_traits]")
+TEST_CASE("checks memory literals", "[sec21][literals]")
 {
+   using namespace sec21;
    using namespace sec21::literals;
 
-   STATIC_REQUIRE(1_kB == 1'000);
-   STATIC_REQUIRE(1_MB == 1'000'000);
-   STATIC_REQUIRE(1_GB == 1'000'000'000);
-   STATIC_REQUIRE(1_TB == 1'000'000'000'000);
-   STATIC_REQUIRE(1_PB == 1'000'000'000'000'000);
+   STATIC_REQUIRE(memory{1_B}.bytes == 1);
 
-   STATIC_REQUIRE(1_kiB == 1024);
-   STATIC_REQUIRE(1_MiB == 1048576);
-   STATIC_REQUIRE(1_GiB == 1073741824);
-   STATIC_REQUIRE(1_TiB == 1099511627776);
-   STATIC_REQUIRE(1_PiB == 1125899906842624);
+   STATIC_REQUIRE(memory{1_kB}.bytes == 1'000);
+   STATIC_REQUIRE(memory{1_MB}.bytes == 1'000'000);
+   STATIC_REQUIRE(memory{1_GB}.bytes == 1'000'000'000);
+   STATIC_REQUIRE(memory{1_TB}.bytes == 1'000'000'000'000);
+   STATIC_REQUIRE(memory{1_PB}.bytes == 1'000'000'000'000'000);
+
+   STATIC_REQUIRE(memory{1_kiB}.bytes == 1024);
+   STATIC_REQUIRE(memory{1_MiB}.bytes == 1048576);
+   STATIC_REQUIRE(memory{1_GiB}.bytes == 1073741824);
+   STATIC_REQUIRE(memory{1_TiB}.bytes == 1099511627776);
+   STATIC_REQUIRE(memory{1_PiB}.bytes == 1125899906842624);
 }
diff --git a/tests/memory.cpp b/tests/memory.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d0d25ac0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/memory.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+#include <catch.hpp>
+
+#include <sec21/literals/memory.h>
+#include <sec21/memory.h>
+
+TEST_CASE("memory class", "[sec21]")
+{
+   using namespace sec21;
+   using namespace sec21::literals;
+
+   SECTION("addition")
+   {
+      REQUIRE(memory{1} + memory{2} == memory{3});
+      REQUIRE(4_kiB + std::byte{4} == memory{4100});
+   }
+   SECTION("subtraction")
+   {
+      REQUIRE(memory{2} - memory{1} == memory{1});
+      REQUIRE(4_kiB - std::byte{4} == memory{4092});
+   }
+   SECTION("test safety check of subtraction operator")
+   {
+      REQUIRE_THROWS([] { auto result = memory{2} - memory{10}; }());
+      // REQUIRE_THROWS([] { auto result = memory{2} - std::byte{10}; }());
+   }
+   SECTION("multiplication")
+   {
+      REQUIRE(memory{2} * memory{1} == 2_B);
+      REQUIRE(4_kiB * std::byte{2} == memory{8192});
+   }
+   SECTION("test formatter")
+   {
+      SECTION("default") { REQUIRE(std::format("{}", memory{1024}) == "1024B"); }
+
+      SECTION("format output to a human readable format")
+      {
+         REQUIRE(std::format("{:h}", memory{1_kiB}) == "1.02kB");
+         REQUIRE(std::format("{:h}", memory{1_MiB}) == "1.05MB");
+         REQUIRE(std::format("{:h}", memory{1_GiB}) == "1.07GB");
+         REQUIRE(std::format("{:h}", memory{1_TiB}) == "1.10TB");
+         REQUIRE(std::format("{:h}", memory{1_PiB}) == "1.13PB");
+      }
+      SECTION("human readable format with precision")
+      {
+         REQUIRE(std::format("{:.0h}", memory{1024 * 1024}) == "1MB");
+         REQUIRE(std::format("{:.1h}", memory{1024 * 1024}) == "1.0MB");
+         REQUIRE(std::format("{:.4h}", memory{1024 * 1024}) == "1.0486MB");
+         REQUIRE(std::format("{:.h}", memory{1024 * 1024}) == "1.05MB");
+      }
+   }
+}