Good article (so far)

Posted Sep 28, 2007 19:51 UTC (Fri) by filker0 (guest, #31278)
Parent article: What every programmer should know about memory, Part 1

The article here is primarily about x86 type systems, assumes (I think) 64 bit multi-core CPUs, and also assumes a general computing environment. Extending this to other architectures might make it more useful (not that it's not a good overview so far; I learned a few things, and it's only 1/7th of the way through) to the folks this will matter the most to -- the embedded Linux programmer. Embedded programmers have more control over their environment than typical user-space programmers, and often need to tweak things to get rid of every wasted cycle possible.

Better knowing how the memory works, how it's connected to the rest of the system, and how software can be written to take this into account can lead to better performance. If this is applied at the kernel level when organizing kernel data structures and code, as well as in the design of service code (DMA, paging, interrupt handlers, data streams/pipes, IPC, etc.) could lead to better system performance.

Thanks for the article. I look forward to the rest of the parts.