CppCon 2017: Chandler Carruth “Going Nowhere Faster”

Why it was recommended

The best presentation I've seen about CPU performance related to pipelining, branch prediction, and speculative execution

Strong recommendationinetknght · Original2026-04

What it covers

Chandler Carruth shows how to squeeze more performance out of already-optimized C++ code, covering how the CPU executes it. The talk goes into pipelining, branch prediction. It is for someone who wants the derivation, proof, or implementation detail.

Video details

Channel

CppCon

Length

1 hr 0 min

Year

2017

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