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HOW SWISS TABLES WORK IN GO'S BUILT-IN MAP

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Go's newer map implementation uses a Swiss Table design that groups entries in small blocks with compact control bytes, allowing many candidate slots to be checked before doing full key comparisons. SIMD can compare multiple control bytes at once on supported CPUs, while the layout and growth strategy improve cache locality and lookup performance.