What’s Wrong With Speedup T1/Tp ?

• Can lead to very false conclusions.

• Speedup in isolation without taking into account the speed of the processor is unrealistic and pointless.

• Speedup over what?

• T1/Tp

  • There is usually no doubt about Tp
  • Often considerable dispute over the meaning of T1
    • Serial code? Same algorithm?

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