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Re:PostgreSQL 9.6 Released by pedrocr on Thursday September 29, 2016 @09:35AM (#12605082)
It's very difficult to get a 32x speedup from 32 cores as there are always parts that are inherently serial, so it's more likely they tested it on a 64 core machine or something like that.
Re:PostgreSQL 9.6 Released by jelder on Thursday September 29, 2016 @02:40PM (#12607763)
Yes, this is thanks to Amdahl's Law.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amdahl%27s_law