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Test 4

Heterogeneous Computing

  1. To calculate the theoretical performance of a parallel algorithm, indicate when it is convenient to use Amdalh’s Law and when it is convenient to use Gustafson’s Law.

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  2. Assume that in a computer program 30% of its code is not parallelizable:

    2.1 Calculate the speedup with 4 processors using Amdahl’s Law.

    2.2 Now, assume that the parallel work is fixed. Calculate the speedup with 4 processors using Gustafson’s Law.

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  3. Explain the relevance of using accelerators (e.g. GPUs) to solve biometric problems.

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