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NOTE: this lab is currently broken. After migrating to a new compiler version the speedup is no longer measurable consistently. You can still try to solve it to learn the concept, but the result is not guaranteed.

Data packing

This is a lab about data packing.

You can decrease the memory traffic of the application if you pack the data more efficiently. Some of the ways to do that include:

  • Eliminate compiler-added padding.
  • Use types that require less memory or less precision e.g. (int -> short, double -> float).
  • Use bitfields to pack the data even further.