Amdahl's Law

Concept

A law discussing the limiting benefits or diminishing returns of parallelization in computing. Mentioned in the context of current supercomputers' limitations.

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Videos Mentioning Amdahl's Law

Chad Rigetti at Startup School SV 2016

Chad Rigetti at Startup School SV 2016

Y Combinator

A law discussing the limiting benefits or diminishing returns of parallelization in computing. Mentioned in the context of current supercomputers' limitations.

Jensen Huang: NVIDIA - The $4 Trillion Company & the AI Revolution | Lex Fridman Podcast #494

Jensen Huang: NVIDIA - The $4 Trillion Company & the AI Revolution | Lex Fridman Podcast #494

Lex Fridman

A principle in computer architecture that describes the maximum possible improvement in the speed of a system when only a part of the system is improved; mentioned in the context of distributed computing challenges.