Low Latency Performance Optimization in Rust

Explore performance optimization techniques for low-latency applications in this 40-minute conference talk from RustLab. Through an interactive quiz format, learn essential optimization strategies for compute-bound Rust applications, including benchmarking, profiling, performance counters, pointer chasing, cache hierarchy management, prefetching techniques, branch prediction, runtime polymorphism, SIMD support, and the impacts of memory allocation. Drawing from experience optimizing a 5G packet core's dataplane, discover counter-intuitive performance impacts and practical insights for engineers working with strict performance requirements. Gain foundational knowledge about hardware differences and performance tuning approaches that prove valuable when developing high-performance Rust applications.