Optimization gone awry: “optimizing to save one or two clock cycles on a quadratic implementation of an algorithm that is known to have a linear solution.” Coined in a discussion about optimization freaks, by my respected colleague Wouter Bijlsma.
Monthly Archive for July, 2008
After working at two smaller companies, I’ve moved on. This week I have started working for ASML, and, as a result, the total number of colleagues I now have has bumped up from around 50 to more than 6000. Yes, that means my professional working environment has radically changed, well, at least if you look at the numbers. Continue reading ‘Scaling Challenges’