{"product_id":"data-oriented-design-in-c-robert-c-hastings-9798182405638","title":"Data-Oriented Design in C++: Building High-Performance, Cache-Efficient, and Scalable Software for Modern Computing Systems","description":"\u003cp\u003eModern CPUs are starving. While processor speeds have soared, memory access times barely crawl. \u003cb\u003eData-Oriented Design (DOD)\u003c\/b\u003e is a paradigm that treats memory layout and hardware architecture as the ultimate drivers of performance. It abandons traditional Object-Oriented deep inheritance and fragmented memory in favor of flat, contiguous data streams. By aligning your code with the physical reality of the CPU cache, DOD unlocks the blistering throughput of modern silicon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor years, I wrote what I thought was \"perfect\" C++ code. I mastered deep inheritance trees and meticulously encapsulated objects. My architecture diagrams were beautiful. But when I ran the profiler on heavy data loads, the performance was completely suffocating.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhy?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI realized I was writing code for other humans, not the machine. Every virtual function was a pipeline stall. Every scattered object was a cache miss. I was forcing a hyper-advanced CPU to wait on fragmented memory. The day I discovered Data-Oriented Design and began treating memory as raw, contiguous data blocks, everything changed. Execution times plummeted, latency dropped, and maintenance actually became \u003ci\u003eeasier\u003c\/i\u003e. You have likely hit this exact same performance wall in your own projects. Now, it is time for you to break through it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat's inside\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Hardware Reality: \u003c\/b\u003e A brutal, easy-to-understand breakdown of L1\/L2 caches, false sharing, and branch prediction.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe OOP Takedown: \u003c\/b\u003e Why standard node-based containers (like std:: list) silently kill your software.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe DOD Playbook: \u003c\/b\u003e Step-by-step guides to implementing Structure of Arrays (SoA) and flat architectures.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSilicon Auditing: \u003c\/b\u003e Reading Flame Graphs and using assembly outputs to verify auto-vectorization.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eReal-World Cases: \u003c\/b\u003e Refactoring game physics, High-Frequency Trading algorithms, and Big Data pipelines.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWho it's meant for\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eC++ Engineers\u003c\/b\u003e tired of unexplained performance bottlenecks.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eGame Developers\u003c\/b\u003e squeezing every millisecond out of simulation loops.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSystems Architects\u003c\/b\u003e building ultra-low latency financial or data-ingestion pipelines.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAnyone\u003c\/b\u003e wanting to stop guessing and start engineering with absolute mechanical sympathy.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe hardware is waiting. Are you going to keep starving your processor with fragmented objects, or are you ready to unleash its true potential? Stop writing code for compilers. Start writing code for silicon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGrab your copy today, and transform the way you engineer software forever!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert C. Hastings\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798182405638\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/20\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 234\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.84lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.49d","brand":"Robert C. Hastings","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997821120767,"sku":"9798182405638","price":35.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/data-oriented-design-in-c-robert-c-hastings-9798182405638","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}