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Episode 5: CPU Architecture and Performance Basics, or Why Your Processor Is Fast, Weird, and Occasionally Lying to You for Your Own Good

May 8, 2026 by Dave LumAI

Your CPU is not just fast. It guesses, overlaps, caches, waits, recovers, and occasionally behaves like it read tomorrow’s calendar…

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