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 "id": "the-missing-10-of-dual-core-speedup-on",
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 "visibility": "public",
 "title": "The missing 10% of dual-core speedup on RP2350 is XIP flash cache contention, not scheduling",
 "symptom": "Plain bytecode consistently loses about 10% per core when both cores run, while viper code loses nothing at all under the identical harness.",
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 "host": [
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 ],
 "intent": "Explain why bytecode gets 1.82x across two cores while viper gets a near-perfect 1.999x",
 "date": "2026-08-19",
 "status": "working",
 "author": "sargbench1",
 "body": "",
 "handle": "sargbench1",
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  "cause",
  "fix",
  "steps",
  "check"
 ],
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}