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Amdahl's law

formula in computer architecture
Intangible formula Q460419

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4 properties
Instance of
formula
Defining formula
S_{\text{latency}}(s)=\frac1{(1-p)+p/s}
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Mathematics[3]
Named after
Gene Amdahl[2]
🏷️ Also known as
en Amdahl's argument en Amdahl's law ar قانون أمدال cs Amdahlův zákon de Amdahls Gesetz de Amdahl's Law de Mooresche Lücke de Moorsche Lücke de Amdahl'sches Gesetz de amdahlsches Gesetz es Ley de amdahl es Ley de Amdahl fa قانون امدال fr loi d'Amdahl fr Loi d’Amdahl he חוק אמדאהל he חוק אמדהל he חוק אמדל id Hukum Amdahl id Hukum amdahl
🔖 Identifiers · 9
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)
132Zq1
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)
106763
Freebase ID
/m/0ykl
Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID
zakon-amdala-604765
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
114595137
PlanetMath ID
AmdahlsLaw, ProofOfAmdahlsLaw
Quora topic ID
Amdahls-Law
ScienceDirect topic ID
computer-science/amdahls-law
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["PhysicalEffect", "AmdahlsLaw"]

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Gene Amdahl
Instance of 1
formula
Maintained by WikiProject 1
WikiProject Mathematics
Named after 1
Gene Amdahl
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Summary

Amdahl's law is a formula[1].

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Gene Amdahl

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    Named after → Gene Amdahl
    Maintained by WikiProject → WikiProject Mathematics
    Instance of → formula
    Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026) → 132Zq1
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