The CPU’s cache reduces memory latency when data is accessed from the main system memory. Developers can and should take advantage of CPU cache to improve application performance. Modern CPUs ...
Now that there are embedded media processors available that can handle both MCU and DSP tasks, C programmers who are very familiar with the MCU model of application development are transitioning into ...
Part 2 looks at the tradeoffs between program and data cache optimizations, and shows how to choose the best compromise. It will be published Monday, November 5. For more on this topic see Optimizing ...