Modern Microprocessors: A 90-Minute Guide Still the Best Crash Course for Systems Engineers
blaizedsouza · x · 2026-09-25
A recommendation of the classic 'Modern Microprocessors — A 90-Minute Guide': a fast-paced, no-fluff intro to modern CPU microarchitecture covering pipelining, out-of-order execution, branch prediction, multicore/SMT, SIMD instructions (SSE/AVX/NEON/SVE), and cache hierarchies—with SPEC benchmark examples showing why clock speed isn't performance. Ideal for systems/performance engineers needing a refresher.
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