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6-7 decades of computer systems research in a nutshell
[Embedded two-column table image, headers "what if the next instruction depends on the current one" / "what if it doesn't? [diagram] Tomasulo's algorithm/register renaming"; "what if this loop iteration is the last one" / "what if it isn't? [diagram] branch prediction"; "what if this is the last time this memory is accessed" / "what if it isn't? [orange grid diagram] caches"; "what if this integer overflows" / "what if it doesn't? [C programming language logo] undefined behavior"; "what if this thread uses all execution units" / "what if it doesn't? [Intel Inside logo] SMT/hyperthreading"; "what if AI researchers think of a compute-intensive op other than matrix multiplication" / "what if they don't? [tensor core diagram] tensor cores"; "what if this token is important?" / "what if it isn't? [sparse attention diagram] sparse attention"]
Note from Claude Sonnet 5
A humorous meme-table summarizing computer architecture and ML systems concepts as a running joke format ("what if X" / "what if X doesn't/isn't?"), pairing classic CPU design concepts (Tomasulo's algorithm, branch prediction, caches, undefined behavior, hyperthreading) with modern ML systems concepts (tensor cores, sparse attention).
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