<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[&quot;Modern DRAM is based on a brilliant design from IBM.]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p>"Modern DRAM is based on a brilliant design from IBM.</p><p>But, we're still paying for a latency penalty that's existed since the 60s!</p><p>In this video, I'm introducing my personal research project (Tailslayer) that immensely reduces p99.99 latency on traditional RAM!</p><p>By implementing a hedged read strategy taking advantage of (undocumented!) channel scrambling offsets, I've gotten as much as 15x reductions in tail latency.</p><p>The technique works across Intel, AMD, Graviton, DDR4, DDR5, x86, ARM, you name it.</p><p>Check out the C++ lib I wrote, watch the video, and try it yourself!"</p><p>By <span><a href="https://mastodon.social/@lauriewired" rel="nofollow noopener">@<span>lauriewired</span></a></span> who is frankly amazing <img src="https://board.circlewithadot.net/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f604.png?v=28325c671da" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--smile" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title="😄" alt="😄" /><img src="https://board.circlewithadot.net/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f596.png?v=28325c671da" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--spock-hand" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title="🖖" alt="🖖" /></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/KKbgulTp3FE" rel="nofollow noopener"><span>https://</span><span>youtu.be/KKbgulTp3FE</span><span></span></a></p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/DRAM" rel="tag">#<span>DRAM</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Latency" rel="tag">#<span>Latency</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/TailSlayer" rel="tag">#<span>TailSlayer</span></a></p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/c15bb86e-20e2-4f95-bec8-e314bf653db6/modern-dram-is-based-on-a-brilliant-design-from-ibm.</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 11:37:40 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/c15bb86e-20e2-4f95-bec8-e314bf653db6.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 09:21:14 GMT</pubDate><ttl>60</ttl></channel></rss>