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Amdahl's law

name

Etymology

Named after American computer scientist Gene Amdahl (1922–2015).

Definitions

  1. A formula giving the theoretical speedup in latency of the execution of a task at fixed…

    A formula giving the theoretical speedup in latency of the execution of a task at fixed workload that can be expected of a system whose resources are improved.

    • We can use Amdahl's law to estimate performance improvements when we know the time consumed for some function and its potential speedup.

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