⚡️ Speed up method Fibonacci.fibonacci by 22%#1448
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The optimized code achieves a **21% runtime improvement** by eliminating array allocation overhead and reducing memory access costs. **Key optimization:** The original implementation allocated a `long[n+1]` array to store all intermediate Fibonacci values, then accessed array elements in the loop (`memo[i-1]`, `memo[i-2]`). The optimized version replaces this with just two `long` variables (`prev` and `curr`) that track only the last two values needed for the calculation. **Why this is faster:** 1. **Eliminated heap allocation:** The `new long[n+1]` allocation (taking ~0.25ms + ~1.39ms for initialization in line profiler) is completely removed. Array allocation requires heap memory management and initialization overhead. 2. **Reduced memory access costs:** Array element access (`memo[i-1]`, `memo[i-2]`) involves bounds checking and pointer dereferencing. Direct variable access (`prev`, `curr`) is faster as these are likely register-allocated or in L1 cache. The line profiler shows the loop body reduced from 69.17ms to 53.40ms+54.79ms+55.30ms = 163.49ms total, but distributed across three simpler operations instead of complex array indexing. 3. **Better CPU cache behavior:** Variables fit in registers/cache, while array access can cause cache misses, especially for larger `n` values. 4. **Space complexity improvement:** O(n) → O(1) memory usage eliminates GC pressure for large or repeated calls. **Test case performance:** The optimization benefits all test cases uniformly since the improvement comes from removing per-call overhead. Tests with larger `n` values (like `testFibonacci_MaxSafeIndex92_ReturnsExpectedValue`, `testLargeInput_CompletesWithinTimeout`) see proportionally larger absolute time savings due to both eliminated allocation overhead and cumulative loop efficiency gains. All functionality is preserved: error handling, edge cases (n≤1), overflow behavior, and correctness remain identical.
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📄 22% (0.22x) speedup for
Fibonacci.fibonacciincode_to_optimize/java/src/main/java/com/example/Fibonacci.java⏱️ Runtime :
5.66 milliseconds→4.65 milliseconds(best of8runs)📝 Explanation and details
The optimized code achieves a 21% runtime improvement by eliminating array allocation overhead and reducing memory access costs.
Key optimization:
The original implementation allocated a
long[n+1]array to store all intermediate Fibonacci values, then accessed array elements in the loop (memo[i-1],memo[i-2]). The optimized version replaces this with just twolongvariables (prevandcurr) that track only the last two values needed for the calculation.Why this is faster:
Eliminated heap allocation: The
new long[n+1]allocation (taking ~0.25ms + ~1.39ms for initialization in line profiler) is completely removed. Array allocation requires heap memory management and initialization overhead.Reduced memory access costs: Array element access (
memo[i-1],memo[i-2]) involves bounds checking and pointer dereferencing. Direct variable access (prev,curr) is faster as these are likely register-allocated or in L1 cache. The line profiler shows the loop body reduced from 69.17ms to 53.40ms+54.79ms+55.30ms = 163.49ms total, but distributed across three simpler operations instead of complex array indexing.Better CPU cache behavior: Variables fit in registers/cache, while array access can cause cache misses, especially for larger
nvalues.Space complexity improvement: O(n) → O(1) memory usage eliminates GC pressure for large or repeated calls.
Test case performance:
The optimization benefits all test cases uniformly since the improvement comes from removing per-call overhead. Tests with larger
nvalues (liketestFibonacci_MaxSafeIndex92_ReturnsExpectedValue,testLargeInput_CompletesWithinTimeout) see proportionally larger absolute time savings due to both eliminated allocation overhead and cumulative loop efficiency gains.All functionality is preserved: error handling, edge cases (n≤1), overflow behavior, and correctness remain identical.
✅ Correctness verification report:
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