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What is the total overhead in a parallel system?
What is the total overhead in a parallel system?
- TS + TP
- Tall - TS (correct)
- p TP - TS
- TS - TP
What is the ratio of the time taken to solve a problem on a single processor to the time required to solve the same problem on a parallel computer?
What is the ratio of the time taken to solve a problem on a single processor to the time required to solve the same problem on a parallel computer?
- Efficiency
- Parallel time
- Serial time
- Speedup (correct)
What is the cost of a parallel system?
What is the cost of a parallel system?
- TS / p
- p x TP (correct)
- p x TS
- TP / p
What is the parallel runtime of a program?
What is the parallel runtime of a program?
What is the speedup of adding n numbers on n processors?
What is the speedup of adding n numbers on n processors?
What is the major difference between sequential and parallel execution?
What is the major difference between sequential and parallel execution?
What is the asymptotic runtime of a sequential program?
What is the asymptotic runtime of a sequential program?
What determines the parallel runtime of a program?
What determines the parallel runtime of a program?
Why does using two processors not necessarily result in a program running twice as fast?
Why does using two processors not necessarily result in a program running twice as fast?
What is the cause of idling in parallel programs?
What is the cause of idling in parallel programs?
What is a parallel system?
What is a parallel system?
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