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* ''weak scaling'' - maximizing work performed per unit time
* ''weak scaling'' - maximizing work performed per unit time
* ''strong scaling'' - minimizing time-to-solution
* ''strong scaling'' - minimizing time-to-solution
* ''lock-free'' - guaranteed system-wide progress
* ''wait-free'' - guaranteed per-thread progress
==Papers==
==Papers==
* [http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/dburger/teaching/cs395t-s08/papers/5_hill.pdf Amdahl's Law in the Multicore Era] by MD Hill
* [http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/dburger/teaching/cs395t-s08/papers/5_hill.pdf Amdahl's Law in the Multicore Era] by MD Hill

Revision as of 14:56, 10 November 2009

CSE 6230 -- High Performance Parallel Computing

  • weak scaling - maximizing work performed per unit time
  • strong scaling - minimizing time-to-solution
  • lock-free - guaranteed system-wide progress
  • wait-free - guaranteed per-thread progress

Papers