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Re:Ask HN: What are some cool but obscure data structures yo... by cratermoon on Friday July 22, 2022 @02:09PM (#32195235)
> the increasing latency/cost of data access as the data size grows

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Re:Ask HN: What are some cool but obscure data structures yo... by NavinF on Friday July 22, 2022 @04:35PM (#32196810)
The ratios are mostly correct, but the absolute numbers are wrong these days. For example, memory read latency can be 45ns (not 100) with a decent DDR4 kit and data center latency can be 10us (not 500us) with infiniband.
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