Amdahl's law en · PROPN
Etymology
Named after American computer scientist Gene Amdahl (1922–2015).
Meanings
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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.
2011, David A. Patterson, John L. Hennessy, Computer Organization and Design: The Hardware/Software Interface, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 52:
Translations (2)
fi Amdahlin laki (formula for theoretical speedup) · bg закон на Амдал (formula for theoretical speedup)