# Performance

**URL:** https://forum.modular.com/c/mojo/performance/17.md

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## [About the Performance category](https://forum.modular.com/t/about-the-performance-category/763)

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**Author:** [@Caroline](https://forum.modular.com/u/Caroline)\
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## [\[Project\] Mojo for Robotics: Porting GPU Navigation Kernels (Jetson / Strix Halo)](https://forum.modular.com/t/project-mojo-for-robotics-porting-gpu-navigation-kernels-jetson-strix-halo/2952)

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**Author:** [@haroon](https://forum.modular.com/u/haroon)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [June 19, 2026, 10:45pm UTC](https://forum.modular.com/t/project-mojo-for-robotics-porting-gpu-navigation-kernels-jetson-strix-halo/2952 "2026-06-19T22:45:38Z")

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Hello everyone! Migrating a discussion that started in the Discord over to the forums so we can track progress, and collaborate more easily. Background We are building EMOS (the open-source Embodied OS for Physical AI)…

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## [Mojo auto-vectorization for generated DSP code](https://forum.modular.com/t/mojo-auto-vectorization-for-generated-dsp-code/3252)

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**Author:** [@manuelfarzini](https://forum.modular.com/u/manuelfarzini)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 19, 2026, 2:08am UTC](https://forum.modular.com/t/mojo-auto-vectorization-for-generated-dsp-code/3252 "2026-06-19T02:08:15Z")

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Hi everyone, I am developing a Mojo backend for FAUST, a functional DSL for audio DSP with mature C++ codegen, and studying which Mojo code shapes optimize best. FAUST has scalar and vec modes. vec mode restructures co…

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## [Code review for scientific code that already beats Fortran :)](https://forum.modular.com/t/code-review-for-scientific-code-that-already-beats-fortran/2887)

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**Author:** [@Curious](https://forum.modular.com/u/Curious)\
**Replies:** 20\
**Last updated:** [April 2, 2026, 5:30pm UTC](https://forum.modular.com/t/code-review-for-scientific-code-that-already-beats-fortran/2887 "2026-04-02T17:30:09Z")

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Hi Modular folks — would love a performance-focused code review (Mojo) Hey everyone! First off: thank you for building Mojo and for all the great discussions/examples on performance patterns. I’m learning a lot from the …

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## [I’m a Mojo newbie... So I decided to Rewrite Unsloth’s NF4 Kernel To Validate Modular's Mission](https://forum.modular.com/t/i-m-a-mojo-newbie-so-i-decided-to-rewrite-unsloth-s-nf4-kernel-to-validate-modulars-mission/2505)

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**Author:** [@daver987](https://forum.modular.com/u/daver987)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 23, 2025, 10:41am UTC](https://forum.modular.com/t/i-m-a-mojo-newbie-so-i-decided-to-rewrite-unsloth-s-nf4-kernel-to-validate-modulars-mission/2505 "2025-12-23T10:41:30Z")

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I’m a software engineer with a web dev and Python background, but I’ve always had an itch to understand systems at a deeper level. Consequently, Mojo and Modular’s goal of making GPU programming more accessible really gr…

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## [Large inline list literals compile extremely slowly](https://forum.modular.com/t/large-inline-list-literals-compile-extremely-slowly/2448)

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**Author:** [@shuklaayush](https://forum.modular.com/u/shuklaayush)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [December 18, 2025, 3:30am UTC](https://forum.modular.com/t/large-inline-list-literals-compile-extremely-slowly/2448 "2025-12-18T03:30:01Z")

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Defining a large list inline causes Mojo to compile extremely slowly, while the equivalent Python code executes instantly. Both var and comptime approaches exhibit this issue: fn main(): var PROGRAM = \[0x0, 0x0, 0x…

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## [Precondition Based Optimization (Library Design Proposal)](https://forum.modular.com/t/precondition-based-optimization-library-design-proposal/1568)

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**Author:** [@akneni](https://forum.modular.com/u/akneni)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 3, 2025, 5:39pm UTC](https://forum.modular.com/t/precondition-based-optimization-library-design-proposal/1568 "2025-06-03T17:39:31Z")

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Many functions in the standard library have to deal with many different cases and likely have many code branches due to this. A possible optimization is to allow users to create parameterized functions such that the prog…

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## [Enabling High Level Optimizations in Mojo](https://forum.modular.com/t/enabling-high-level-optimizations-in-mojo/1273)

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**Author:** [@akneni](https://forum.modular.com/u/akneni)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2025, 10:31am UTC](https://forum.modular.com/t/enabling-high-level-optimizations-in-mojo/1273 "2025-04-22T10:31:17Z")

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Is there a way to enable certain high level optimizations in mojo for user defined types? For example, the expression “a \* 0” can be transformed into “0” if a is an integer, but this won’t happen if a is some user define…
