Dan Luu • 1/2/2014

Data alignment and caches

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This article analyzes how page-aligned versus misaligned data accesses impact performance in CPU caches. It uses a benchmark and a parking garage analogy to explain cache associativity, showing how poor alignment can lead to inefficient cache usage and significantly slower performance compared to strategically misaligned data.

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