High Performance Scientific Computing with C 3.2: Pipelining and Hardware-Oriented Design

The video explores how pipelining and CPU design influence program design and algorithm performance. It emphasizes two key rules for high-performance code: prioritizing safety and readability, and leveraging CPU and compiler optimizations. The video demonstrates how memory access patterns and branch prediction affect performance, and discusses the limited impact of manual micro-optimizations in modern compilers.

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