Unlocking the Power of Modern CPUs to Build Resilient, High-Performance Applications

​Is your application optimized for the hardware it runs on?  

​In this episode, Tony Meehan sits down with Denis Bakhvalov, an experienced performance engineer at Intel with years of expertise in optimizing software for modern hardware. Together, they explore the intersection of cutting-edge hardware and software performance, uncovering strategies for building resilient, high-performance applications.

​The conversation dives into recent CPU trends and their impact on software performance, industry benchmarking, and the biggest performance engineering misconceptions.  Denis shares his origin story, tracing his journey into performance engineering and offering a detailed look into the tradeoffs developers must navigate when balancing speed, scalability, and hardware capabilities.

​Whether you're an SRE, a performance engineer, or a developer looking to make the most of modern hardware, this episode is packed with insights and expert advice.

​Key Topics:

• ​Emerging CPU trends and their impact on application performance

• ​The state of compilers in optimizing software for modern hardware

• ​Biggest performance engineering misconceptions

• ​Denis’s journey into performance engineering

• ​Best practices for benchmarking applications

• ​Navigating tradeoffs between performance and scalability