Amdahl's law
English
Etymology
Named after American computer scientist Gene Amdahl (1922–2015).
Proper noun
- (computing theory) 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.
- 2011, David A. Patterson, John L. Hennessy, Computer Organization and Design: The Hardware/Software Interface, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 52:
- We can use Amdahl's law to estimate performance improvements when we know the time consumed for some function and its potential speedup.
Further reading
- Amdahl's law on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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