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What every programmer should know about how CPUs work [video]

hnthrow90348765

A fine addition to my "every programmer should know" collection that I never use because I only ship CRUD apps

csmantle

The Matt Godbolt behind godbolt.org? Wow.

mikewarot

So that's what happened in the past 40 years of Moore's law since I wrote MS-DOS Assembler programs. Optimization of serial instructions like that is amazing.

rohith2506

For the curious, I would recommend ( https://products.easyperf.net/perf-book-2 )

pjc50

.. by Matt Godbolt, of Compiler Explorer. 45m long. If you're evaluating whether to bother with video.

cmrdporcupine

Thank you, the headline didn't interest me until I saw you mention that name.

amelius

Waiting for the GPU version.

shirajg

IshKebab

That's a basic high level overview for a general audience, not a microarchitecture explanation for programmers.