Re:The software development final exam: Computer Architectur...
by cperciva on Tuesday October 09, 2012 @09:41PM
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I would guess that the example was explicitly contrived so that prefetching would be useless.
Yes -- even if prefetching could happen, the first function would be faster than the second, but I thought removing the whole issue of prefetching would simplify the question.
Yes -- even if prefetching could happen, the first function would be faster than the second, but I thought removing the whole issue of prefetching would simplify the question.