Expanded Project Guides
Generated from:
LEARN_C_PERFORMANCE_DEEP_DIVE.md
Project Index
| # | Project | Difficulty | Time | Key Focus |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Locality Benchmarker | Level 1: Beginner | Weekend | CPU Caches / Performance Measurement |
| 2 | Struct Layout Analyzer | Level 1: Beginner | Weekend | Memory Layout / Data Structures |
| 3 | Matrix Multiplication Optimizer | Level 3: Advanced | 1-2 weeks | CPU Caches / Algorithms / Linear Algebra |
| 4 | False Sharing Detector | Level 3: Advanced | 1-2 weeks | Concurrency / CPU Caches / Multithreading |
| 5 | Image Processing Cache Benchmark | Level 2: Intermediate | 1-2 weeks | CPU Caches / Image Processing / Data Representation |
| 6 | Data Structure Cache Benchmark | Level 2: Intermediate | 1-2 weeks | Data Structures / CPU Caches / Memory Access Patterns |
| 7 | Cache-Line Aware Memory Allocator | Level 4: Expert | 2-3 weeks | Memory Management / Systems Programming / CPU Caches |
| 8 | Profiler for Cache Misses | Level 4: Expert | 2-3 weeks | Systems Programming / CPU Internals / Linux Kernel |
| 9 | AoS to SoA Converter Tool | Level 3: Advanced | 2-3 weeks | Code Generation / Parsing / Data-Oriented Design |
| 10 | SIMD-Powered String Search | Level 4: Expert | 2-3 weeks | SIMD / Vectorization / Low-Level Optimization |