What is Strong scaling?

Parallel performance evaluation that fixes problem size and measures how much time drops as processors are added.

Field: Performance Analysis

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  1. What is the difference between strong scaling and weak scaling in evaluating parallel computing?

Related terms

Weak scaling Benchmark CPU time Cycles per instruction (CPI) Flame graph Geometric mean Gustafson's law Harmonic mean Little's law Microbenchmark

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