Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 4th Oct 2007 15:23 UTC, submitted by diegocg
"Ulrich Drepper [the gnu libc project leader] recently approached us [LWN] asking if we would be interested in publishing a lengthy document he had written on how memory and software interact. Memory usage is often the determining factor in how software performs, but good information on how to avoid memory bottlenecks is hard to find. This article is the first in a serie of articles (the original has over 100 pages) that will get published on LWN weekly. Once the entire series is out, Ulrich will be releasing the full text."
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Its not just that but managing memory whilst at the same time realising there are limitations on the hardware front; the size of he FSB, the memory latencies etc. etc. Its like the x86 and contextual switching - and when too much can be a performance hit.