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Re:FFmpeg Assembly Language Lessons by magicalhippo on Tuesday August 19, 2025 @02:46AM (#44948906)
It can be sobering to consider how many instructions a modern CPU can execute in case of a cache miss.

In the timespan of a L1 miss, the CPU could execute several dozen instructions assuming a L2 hit, hundreds if it needs to go to L3.

No wonder optimizing memory access can work wonders.

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