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Re:Unum Computing: An Energy Efficient and Massively Paralle... by trsohmers on Friday July 24, 2015 @04:47PM (#9945074)
If you are not in HPC, you may not have heard about Gustafson's law, but it is a legit and important thing... His 1988 paper is still a very worthy read (And winner of the first Gordon Bell award for showing a 1000x speedup, which was previously thought impossible)
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Re:Unum Computing: An Energy Efficient and Massively Paralle... by simonbyrne on Friday July 24, 2015 @04:50PM (#9945094)
Fair enough: a pity he doesn't explain what it is though.
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Re:Unum Computing: An Energy Efficient and Massively Paralle... by trsohmers on Friday July 24, 2015 @04:57PM (#9945133)
Wikipedia is your friend... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustafson%27s_law

Would be happy to explain it further, but about to get on a flight.

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