June 2020
Intermediate to advanced
382 pages
11h 39m
English
Content preview from 40 Algorithms Every Programmer Should Know
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The design of parallel algorithms
It is important to note that parallel algorithms are not a silver bullet. Even the best designed parallel architectures may not give the performance that we may expect. One law that is widely used to design parallel algorithms is Amdahl's law.