Optimization

• Branch Prediction and Speculative Execution: How Modern CPUs Gamble on the Future · 2021-08-15

  Explore how modern processors predict branch outcomes and execute instructions speculatively, the algorithms behind branch predictors, the performance implications for your code, and the security vulnerabilities like Spectre that emerged from these optimizations.

• Compiler Optimizations: From Source Code to Fast Machine Code · 2020-09-23

  A deep dive into how modern compilers transform your code into efficient machine code. Explore optimization passes from constant folding to loop vectorization, and learn how to write code that compilers can optimize effectively.