Ulrich Drepper recently approached us asking if
we would be interested in publishing a lengthy document he had written on
how memory and software interact.  We did not have to look at the text for
long to realize that it would be of interest to many LWN readers.  Memory
usage is often the determining factor in how software performs, but good
information on how to avoid memory bottlenecks is hard to find.  This
series of articles should change that situation.  Click below (subscribers
only) for the first installment.