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Compress objects, not cache lines: an object-based compressed memory hierarchy

The Morning Paper

Compress objects, not cache lines: an object-based compressed memory hierarchy Tsai & Sanchez, ASPLOS’19. Existing cache and main memory compression techniques compress data in small fixed-size blocks, typically cache lines. ” The big idea.

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Seamlessly Swapping the API backend of the Netflix Android app

The Netflix TechBlog

This allows the app to query a list of “paths” in each HTTP request, and get specially formatted JSON (jsonGraph) that we use to cache the data and hydrate the UI. service with a composable JavaScript API that made downstream microservice calls, replacing the old Java API. Java…Script? It was a Node.js

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The case for a learned sorting algorithm

The Morning Paper

Radix Sort is carefully designed to make effective use of the L2 cache and sequential memory accesses, whereas Learned Sort is making random accesses all over the destination array. How can learned sort be adapted to make it cache-efficient? Sympathy for the machine. For the evaluation set-up, this meant $f$ was around 1,000.

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The Power of Integrated Analytics Within an IMDG

ScaleOut Software

For more than fifteen years, ScaleOut StateServer® has demonstrated technology leadership as an in-memory data grid (IMDG) and distributed cache. Java applications use a similar mechanism.). They also can perform analysis quickly and efficiently — where the data lives. In-Memory Data Grids for Fast-Changing Data.

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The Power of Integrated Analytics Within an IMDG

ScaleOut Software

For more than fifteen years, ScaleOut StateServer® has demonstrated technology leadership as an in-memory data grid (IMDG) and distributed cache. Java applications use a similar mechanism.). They also can perform analysis quickly and efficiently — where the data lives. In-Memory Data Grids for Fast-Changing Data.

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MariaDB vs MySQL: Key Differences and Use Cases

Percona

MariaDB retains compatibility with MySQL, offers support for different programming languages, including Python, PHP, Java, and Perl, and works with all major open source storage engines such as MyRocks, Aria, and InnoDB. Efficient data processing and indexing, making it optimal for executing queries and handling large datasets.

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Remote Workstations for the Discerning Artists

The Netflix TechBlog

Instead, we created a service to take the most popular configurations and cache them. A gRPC Java Spring Boot control plane and a Golang agent manages and reports on the lifecycle. Where we can gather and analyze the usage data to create efficiencies and automation. Now, artists can get a new workstation in seconds.