https://blog.turboawesome.win/tags/lock-free/ Recent content in Lock-Free on Bits, Trades & Systems Hugo en-us Wed, 22 May 2013 13:39:00 +0000 https://blog.turboawesome.win/2013/05/comparing-arrayblockingqueue-to-the-disruptor-numbers-dont-lie/ Wed, 22 May 2013 13:39:00 +0000 https://blog.turboawesome.win/2013/05/comparing-arrayblockingqueue-to-the-disruptor-numbers-dont-lie/ A direct benchmark comparison between Java's ArrayBlockingQueue and the LMAX Disruptor at various producer/consumer configurations. What the numbers show and why. https://blog.turboawesome.win/2013/02/the-lmax-disruptor-how-a-ring-buffer-changed-my-mental-model-of-queues/ Thu, 28 Feb 2013 09:55:00 +0000 https://blog.turboawesome.win/2013/02/the-lmax-disruptor-how-a-ring-buffer-changed-my-mental-model-of-queues/ The Disruptor pattern replaced our internal queue infrastructure and cut p99 latency in half. Here's the mental model shift required to understand why it works. https://blog.turboawesome.win/2013/01/introduction-to-lock-free-programming-in-java/ Thu, 17 Jan 2013 10:55:00 +0000 https://blog.turboawesome.win/2013/01/introduction-to-lock-free-programming-in-java/ Lock-free programming replaces mutex-based synchronisation with atomic CPU instructions. The performance gains are real; the correctness requirements are unforgiving.