alt Hacker NewsIs the large significands table (~19KB) an issue for cache contention in practical use, or are only a small range of significands generally accessed?
Is the large significands table (~19KB) an issue for cache contention in practical use, or are only a small range of significands generally accessed?
It depends on the input distribution, specifically exponents. It is also possible to compress the table at the cost of additional computation using the method from Dragonbox.