1.11 Flashcards
1
Q
A rule stating that the performance enhancement possible with a given improvement is limited by the amount that the improved feature is used. It is a quantitative version of the law of diminishing returns.
A
Amdahl’s Law
2
Q
A measurement of program execution speed based on the number of millions of instructions. MIPS is computed as the instruction count divided by the product of the execution time and 106.
A
Million instructions per second (MIPS)
