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For mega kernels, the speaker is more inclined to expect a compiler to outperform a higher-level approach.
Alex Zhang · Academia is for Ambition — Alex Zhang, MIT · 2 Oct 2026
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“But like in a mega kernel,”
“like I would be more inclined to believe that like a compiler would be better here, like some compiler over like higher level.”Play from 11:58Report a misattribution
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