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specialisation
- May 20, 2026 Dynamic Shapes, Guards, and the Cost of Recompilation A compiled kernel needs concrete extents; symbolic shapes force either a general kernel, a bucket, or a recompile, and each choice moves cost to a different place. inference systems
- Feb 8, 2023 Specialisation as an Energy Strategy Why a fixed-function unit beats a general-purpose core on energy per operation, how Amdahl and utilisation bound the payoff, and what the built-in generality of a core is worth. computer architecture