Separate cache activity from DRAM traffic, check the access width and active lanes, and use a controlled layout change to test a profiler hypothesis. A few percentages cannot predict the fixed kernel’s runtime.
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Separate cache activity from DRAM traffic, check the access width and active lanes, and use a controlled layout change to test a profiler hypothesis. A few percentages cannot predict the fixed kernel’s runtime.
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Change the assumptions in a free calculator, then explain what the result establishes and what still needs measurement.
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Distinguish reported throughput metrics from useful work, connect sector counts to actual instruction addresses, and investigate the occupancy gap without treating stalled resident warps as absent.
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