At 5GHz, 100ns is 500 clock cycles. If you're shaving that off a deep inner loop, that can be massive. I've seen optimization nerds drill down to shaving single clock cycles off decompression loops - which were less than 50 clock cycles per iteration.
gman003
At 5GHz, 100ns is 500 clock cycles. If you're shaving that off a deep inner loop, that can be massive. I've seen optimization nerds drill down to shaving single clock cycles off decompression loops - which were less than 50 clock cycles per iteration.
RetrogradeLlama
Back in the days when CPU cycles mattered, we cared. Not so much anymore.
LeftRightThere
Until you get that cloud bill