Monthly Archives: April 2011

Exploring Caches and Spatial Locality with C

Posted on April 28, 2011 by Zach Wasserman

Could a simple change in the layout of a data structure in memory result in a 20% reduction in performance? Recently in my Digital Systems Organization and Design class, we have been discussing data caches in modern processors. As a … Continue reading →

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iPhone Tracking: Who Cares? You Should.

Posted on April 22, 2011 by Zach Wasserman

The tech community has sounded the alarm in the last couple days that our iPhones have been storing years worth of information on our whereabouts, down to an alarming level of detail. Surely this has been known by some for … Continue reading →

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