Amdahl's law

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Amdahl's law

Summary

Amdahl's law is a formula[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of formula entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (743 views/month, #5 of 501).[2]

Key Facts

  • Amdahl's law's instance of is recorded as formula[3].
  • Gene Amdahl is named after Amdahl's law[4].
  • Amdahl's law's Commons category is recorded as Amdahl's law[5].
  • Amdahl's law's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0ykl[6].
  • Amdahl's law's defining formula is recorded as S_{\text{latency}}(s)=\frac1{(1-p)+p/s}[7].
  • Amdahl's law's Quora topic ID is recorded as Amdahls-Law[8].
  • Amdahl's law's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["PhysicalEffect", "AmdahlsLaw"][9].
  • Amdahl's law's schematic is recorded as AmdahlsLaw.svg[10].
  • Amdahl's law's schematic is recorded as AmdahlsLaw german.svg[11].
  • Amdahl's law's schematic is recorded as AmdahlsLaw-ca.svg[12].
  • Amdahl's law's schematic is recorded as AmdahlsLaw ar.png[13].
  • Amdahl's law's schematic is recorded as AmdahlsLaw-es.svg[14].
  • Amdahl's law's schematic is recorded as AmdahlsLaw-pl.svg[15].
  • Amdahl's law's schematic is recorded as Amdahlův zákon.jpg[16].
  • Amdahl's law's schematic is recorded as Amdahl.svg[17].
  • Amdahl's law's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[18].
  • Amdahl's law's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 114595137[19].
  • Amdahl's law's PlanetMath ID is recorded as AmdahlsLaw[20].
  • Amdahl's law's PlanetMath ID is recorded as ProofOfAmdahlsLaw[21].
  • Amdahl's law's ScienceDirect topic ID is recorded as computer-science/amdahls-law[22].
  • Amdahl's law's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 106763[23].
  • Amdahl's law's Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID is recorded as zakon-amdala-604765[24].

Why It Matters

Amdahl's law ranks in the top 1% of formula entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (743 views/month, #5 of 501).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] It is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  4. [6] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] . Quora. wikidata.org.
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  22. [24] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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