I just happen to need a fast, non-cryptographic checksum for large amount of data. I assumed using CRC32C would be the fastest thing available on x86_64 since SSE 4.2 includes an intrinsic for it.
Can I expect Meow Hash being faster than that on x86_64? What about on some other platforms such as common ARM chips? Which one is more collision resistant?
Also: the writer seems to be Casey Muratori, who is also the author of the Handmade Hero series! Kudos.
OK, after looking into it for just a few minutes, I found out: 1) CRC32C is not nearly as collision-resistant as many common fast non-cryptographical hashes. 2) there are many portable hash functions that are faster (and I think this is due to their bit size.) See: https://github.com/Cyan4973/xxHash and https://github.com/leo-yuriev/t1ha
So, my initial assumption was wrong. I'll be trying Meow Hash and some others out!