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by windward 353 days ago
I don't think the size is trivial, it's 4 times the cache length on x64
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I'm not sure what you mean here. A single cache line is 64B, and this table would thus occupy 4 cache lines, but typical x86 cache sizes are 32K or for more recent cores 48K. Whether consuming 1/512th or 1/768th of your level 1 cache is excessive is a value judgement, but most people wouldn't think so.