# Splitting CSV files at 3GB/s

DevFeed: [Splitting CSV files at 3GB/s](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/splitting-csv-files-at-3gb-s-18658.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.tinybird.co/blog/simd>)

Author: Jose Muñóz

Published: 2021-12-14T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Tinybird](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/tinybird.md>)

Topics: [CSV](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/csv.md>)

Tags: [engineering-excellence](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering-excellence.md>), [files](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/files.md>)

## AI overview

An article about splitting large CSV files, including files that may exceed available RAM, and the performance of a method reported at 3 GB/s.

## Source excerpt

Splitting CSV files is a must when dealing with large, potentially larger than RAM, files. But how fast can it be?