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viraptor on Oct 25, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: A Python Optimization Anecdote

Let's not go too far with that. L1 cache started with 8K on i486. I'm talking about 256 bytes.

ori_b on Oct 25, 2011 [–]

Current L1 caches are 32k. There's an awful lot of data that would like to be in there -- If you're going to talk about micro-optimization, it's something to keep an eye on.

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