Software optimization
Making Web applications more efficient
August 31, 2012
A new system that automatically streamlines database access patterns can make large Web applications up to three times as fast.
Also labeled: Data, Database, Programming, Programming languages, SQL, Web, Web development, Stored procedures
New mathematical framework formalizes oddball programming techniques
May 22, 2012
Loop perforation — speeding up programs by skipping instructions — is just one method that gets rigorous mathematical treatment in a new paper.
When good enough is better
May 13, 2010
By exploiting a simple but counterintuitive trick, a new system finds sections of computer programs where accuracy can be traded for speed.
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