On Saturday 24 November 2007 15:22:17 you wrote: > Hello [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > FYI. > > Abstract > As CPU cores become both faster and more numerous, the limiting factor for > most programs is now, and will be for some time, memory access. Hardware > designers have come up with ever more sophisticated memory handling and > acceleration techniquessuch as CPU cachesbut these cannot work optimally > without some help from the programmer. Unfortunately, neither the structure > nor the cost of using the memory subsystem of a computer or the caches on > CPUs is well understood by most programmers. This paper explains the > structure of memory subsystems in use on modern commodity hardware, > illustrating why CPU caches were developed, how they work, and what > programs should do to achieve optimal performance by utilizing them. > > http://people.redhat.com/drepper/cpumemory.pdf > > - Alexey.
Is this paper from the same Drepper as is posting in the URL below? http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-alpha/2000-08/msg00053.html ... Regards Johan M:son Lindman
