Re: CPU's cache in mind


Mike King wrote:
> I have a very simple program that I want to optimize for speed. What are
> the do's and dont's for writing with the CPU's cache in mind? This program
> uses less than <1K for RAM but it can easily take hours to run to find the
> solution. I would like for this to run totally out of the cache to optimize
> for speed.

Trying to discover new prime numbers???

If your app is file I/O intensive and you have plenty of main memory to
spare, try downloading Microsoft's Ramdisk sample driver and put your
data files in that space.

Nathan.

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