What is Weak scaling?

Parallel performance evaluation that fixes problem size per processor while growing the total and checks whether time stays constant.

Field: Performance Analysis

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

Related terms

Strong 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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