Unit 3 · Module 1 · How your code actually runs
The CPU: instructions, cache lines, and why locality beats cleverness
A clever algorithm that misses cache loses to a dumb one that does not.
Unit 3 of the free 49-unit computer-science course, in how your code actually runs. A short self-check.
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Self-check — 3 questions
Answer alone, at 2am, with no interviewer in the room.