On Jan 31, 2009, at 2:48 PM, jurin...@eecs.utk.edu wrote:
Can anyone tell me if the maximum speedup using parallel programming
on
multicore processors is BOUNDED by:
(A) number of processers (as on a single core processor).
(B) number of processors X number cores / processor.
If each processor runs numCore threads SIMULTANEOUSLY the answer
would be
(B).
If each procssor run numCore threads non-concurrently the answer is
(A).
If anyone REALLY knows please help a frustrated cocoa developer out.
Of far more importance is the algorithm employed and, quite
specifically, the dependencies between threads and exactly how the
dependencies are managed.
The question above can only be specifically quantified if your threads
operates in total isolation, do no simultaneous I/O, and there is
absolutely nothing else running on the system.
In the real world, the algorithm itself will have far more to do with
scalability than raw machine capabilities.
b.bum
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