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> How many things need to worry the latency of signal travelling ~300mm? Arguably every program? The slowest part of modern programs is memory access. L1 cache
by forrestthewoods 4y ago
> How many things need to worry the latency of signal travelling ~300mm?
Arguably every program? The slowest part of modern programs is memory access. L1 cache memory access is ~1 nanosecond and RAM is ~50 nanoseconds.
Is 49 nanoseconds a lot? No, if you do it once. Yes, if every line of code pays the price.