What is Amdahl's law? What problem does Amdahl's law look to solve?
Amdahl's law provides an estimate of 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.
Explain the formula of Amdahl's Law, along with its components.
The formula for Amdahl's Law is as follows:
In the preceding formula, the following applies:
- S is the theoretical speedup in consideration.
- B is the portion of the whole task that is inherently sequential.
- j is the number of processors being utilized.
According to Amdahl's Law, would speedup increase indefinitely as resources in the system improved?
No; as the number of processors becomes larger, the efficiency gained through the improvement decreases.
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