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" Amdahl's Law states that the performance improvement to be gained from using some faster mode of execution is limited by the fraction of the time the faster mode can be used. "
Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach - Page 39
by John L. Hennessy, David A. Patterson - 2006 - 704 pages
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Parallel Processing: CONPAR 94-VAPP VI : Third Joint International ...

Bruno Buchberger, Jens Volkert - Computers - 1994 - 918 pages
...containing pointers into the graph. Graph operations have very unfavourable influence on the performance. Amdahl's Law states that the performance improvement...fraction of the time the faster mode can be used. As graph operations are the limiting factors in speeding up graph reduction two orthogonal strategies...
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Field-Programmable Logic and Applications. From FPGAs to Computing Paradigm ...

Reiner W. Hartenstein, Andres Keevallik - Computers - 1998 - 808 pages
...Amdahl's Law for performance can be modified to apply to energy. ‘The performance benefits to be gained using some faster mode of execution is limited by...fraction of the time the faster mode can be used' becomes ‘the energy benefits to be gained by applying an energy saving optimization is limited by...
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The Essentials of Computer Organization and Architecture

Linda Null, Julia Lobur - Computers - 2006 - 840 pages
...Amdahl's Law, which places a limit on the potential speedup one can obtain by any means. The equation states that the performance improvement to be gained...of execution is limited by the fraction of the time that the faster mode is used: S = (!-/) + //* where S is the overall system speedup; /is the fraction...
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