Prompt

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Deploy tree-of-thought reasoning for performance optimization:

ROOT: Current performance baseline
├── BRANCH 1: Algorithmic improvements
│   ├── Time complexity reduction
│   ├── Space complexity optimization
│   └── Cache-friendly data structures
├── BRANCH 2: System-level optimizations
│   ├── Parallelization opportunities
│   ├── SIMD vectorization
│   └── GPU acceleration potential
├── BRANCH 3: Infrastructure scaling
│   ├── Horizontal scaling patterns
│   ├── Database optimization
│   └── CDN and edge computing
└── BRANCH 4: Code-level optimizations
    ├── Hot path identification
    ├── Memory allocation patterns
    └── Compiler optimization hints

For each leaf node: benchmark, measure, and provide concrete improvements with expected performance gains.
</performance_tree_of_thought>