Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

amdahl's law

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: am-dahl's law
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

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.

Example Sentences

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

Etymology

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

Questions

What does amdahl's law mean?: 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.
Where does amdahl's law come from?: Named after American computer scientist Gene Amdahl (1922–2015).

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