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Amdahl's law

Known as: Amdahl, Amdahl law, Amdahl s Law 
In computer architecture, Amdahl's law (or Amdahl's argument) gives the theoretical speedup in latency of the execution of a task at fixed workload… 
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2014
2014
It is well known that graphics processing units (GPUs) are able to accelerate highly parallelizable algorithms with a high… 
2011
2011
  • J. Gustafson
  • 2011
  • Corpus ID: 40822754
Typically, it is fairly straightforward to reason a bout the performance of sequential computations. For most programs, it… 
2010
2010
This paper presents a study about the potential dynamic energy improvement that can be achieved when hardware parallelization is… 
2002
2002
We present the parallel, MPI-based implementation of the SDFMM computer code using a thirty-two node Intel Pentium-based Beowulf… 
2001
2001
We describe a fast hash algorithm that maps arbitrary messages onto points of an elliptic curve defined over a finite field of… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
We consider how large memories can make parallel computing cost-effective even with modest speedups. As a concrete example, we… 
1992
1992
  • M. Annaratone
  • 1992
  • Corpus ID: 57126285
The author examines Amdahl's law in the context of parallel processing and provides some arguments as to what the applicability… 
1985
1985
An interrupt is precise if the saved process state corresponds with the sequential model of program execution where one… 
1981
1981
  • A. Brandwajn
  • 1981
  • Corpus ID: 5304202