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Predictive CPU isolation of containers at Netflix

The Netflix TechBlog

Because microprocessors are so fast, computer architecture design has evolved towards adding various levels of caching between compute units and the main memory, in order to hide the latency of bringing the bits to the brains. This avoids thrashing caches too much for B and evens out the pressure on the L3 caches of the machine.

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Front-End Performance Checklist 2021

Smashing Magazine

Assets Optimizations Brotli, AVIF, WebP, responsive images, AV1, adaptive media loding, video compression, web fonts, Google fonts. Networking, HTTP/2, HTTP/3 OCSP stapling, EV/DV certificates, packaging, IPv6, QUIC, HTTP/3. You can then mimic the 90th percentile’s experience for testing.

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Understanding operational 5G: a first measurement study on its coverage, performance and energy consumption

The Morning Paper

The first 5G networks are now deployed and operational. The study is based on one of the world’s first commercial 5G network deployments (launched in April 2019), a 0.5 The 5G network is operating at 3.5GHz). Does 5G improve the end-user experience for applications (web browsing, and 4K+ video streaming)?

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USENIX SREcon APAC 2022: Computing Performance: What's on the Horizon

Brendan Gregg

The video is now on [YouTube]: The slides are [online] and as a [PDF]: first prev next last / permalink/zoom In Q&A I was asked about CXL (compute express link) which was fortunate as I had planned to cover it and then forgot, so the question let me talk about it (although Q&A is missing from the video).

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Front-End Performance Checklist 2020 [PDF, Apple Pages, MS Word]

Smashing Magazine

To get a good first impression of how your competitors perform, you can use Chrome UX Report ( CrUX , a ready-made RUM data set, video introduction by Ilya Grigorik and detailed guide by Rick Viscomi) or Treo Sites , a RUM monitoring tool that is powered by Chrome UX Report. You can then mimic the 90th percentile’s experience for testing.

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Progress Delayed Is Progress Denied

Alex Russell

Next-generation video codecs, supported in many modern chips, but also a licensing minefield. Necessary for building competitive video experiences, including messaging and videoconferencing. Real-time network protocols for enabling videoconferencing, desktop sharing, and game streaming applications. Where iOS Has Lagged.

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How We Improved SmashingMag Performance

Smashing Magazine

Plus a service worker that caches all static assets and serves them for repeat views, along with cached versions of articles that a reader has already visited. The reasons for it are numerous, but the most important one is a huge difference in network conditions and device hardware across the world. Large preview ).