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+-*- mode: outline; coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+* Numbers everyone should know.
+
+ * L1 cache reference 0.5 ns
+ * Branch mispredict 5 ns
+ * L2 cache reference 7 ns
+ * Mutex lock/unlock 100 ns
+ * Main memory reference 100 ns
+ * Compress 1K bytes with Zippy 10,000 ns
+ * Send 2K bytes over 1 Gbps network 20,000 ns
+ * Read 1 MB sequentially from memory 250,000 ns
+ * Round trip within same datacenter 500,000 ns
+ * Disk seek 10,000,000 ns
+ * Read 1 MB sequentially from network 10,000,000 ns
+ * Read 1 MB sequentially from disk 30,000,000 ns
+ * Send packet CA->Netherlands->CA 150,000,000 ns