If you work on ML frameworks, compilers, or kernel performance, vLLM1 is worth understanding not as “the thing that serves Llama fast” but as a case study in a specific tension: an inference engine...

If you have a massive compute architecture—whether it’s a modern wide-SIMD vector engine, a Tensor Core array, or a custom deep learning accelerator like a Systolic Array—you face one fundamental p...

In a previous post, we explored the monumental software stack required to run a simple “Hello, World!” program on a modern operating system. But what happens when we apply these concepts to a heter...

In our previous post, we took a deep dive into the hidden complexities of the simplest C program. We discussed how modern Position Independent Executables (PIE) rely on the PLT (Procedure Linkage T...

When you write the absolute simplest C program—one that does nothing but exit successfully—you might expect the compiled output to be trivial. int main() { return 0; } However, executing t...

What is a compiler toolchain? Have you ever wondered what dependencies are required to compile a simple hello-world program? Even a small hello-world program needs a set of header files, and librar...