Cache Aware Scheduling Shows Nice Wins For AMD Zen 5 On PostgreSQL, Valkey, Network Performance
Summary
Phoronix covers Cache Aware Scheduling for Linux 7.2 with benchmarks on an AMD Threadripper 9980X System76 Thelio Workstation. The article explains cache-aware scheduling aims to colocate data-sharing tasks within the same LLC to improve cache locality and reduce misses, reporting notable performance gains on multi-cache-domain CPUs.