We have long been planning to cover the caching mechanisms in CPUs. As a shared knowledge base for the discussions in this session we chose the following two articles by Martin Thompson among other things known for his work on the LMAX Disruptor: CPU Cache Flushing Fallacy including a good overview over the different caches in modern Intel CPUs. Write Combining exemplifying the advanced mechanisms one can find in today’s CPUs and how one can make use of them.
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