Ask HN: Resources on Memory Prefetching

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36068699
by xoranth • 3 years ago
2 2 3 years ago

Are there any good resources that explain the memory prefetching strategies used by modern CPUs at a level accessible to someone with low-level software experience but no hardware design experience?

Ideally something like Dan Luu's article on branch prediction[^1], but about memory prefetching.

[^1]: https://danluu.com/branch-prediction/

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