Practice - Amdahl’s Law and Diminishing Returns
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Practice Questions
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What is Amdahl's Law?
💡 Hint: Think about the relationship between parallel and serial tasks.
Define diminishing returns in the context of computing.
💡 Hint: Consider when additional effort does not lead to proportionate output.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What does Amdahl's Law focus on in parallel processing?
💡 Hint: Consider what factors might slow down a process.
True or False: Diminishing returns imply that adding more resources always results in proportional speedup.
💡 Hint: Think about how resources affect outcomes.
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If a task consists of 80% parallelizable work and 20% serial work, what is the maximum theoretical speedup using 5 processors?
💡 Hint: Remember to convert the percentages to decimal form for calculations.
Analyze how adding more processors affects a task where 50% is serial. Discuss strategies to improve speedup.
💡 Hint: Consider practical optimizations that might be executed.
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