Including queueing effects in Amdahl's law
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Amdahl G.M. Validity of the single processor approach to achieving large scale computing capabilities. AFIPS Conf. Proc., Vol. 30, Thompson, Washington, D.C., pp. 483-485, 1967.
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Gustafson J.L. Reevaluating Amdahl's law. Comm. ACM. 31, 5 (1988).
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Published: 01 December 1996
Published in CACM Volume 39, Issue 12es
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