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  1. Intel Labs, Intel Corporation RNB 6-61, 95054, Santa Clara, CA, USA

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Gustafson, J.L. (2011). Amdahl’s Law. In: Padua, D. (eds) Encyclopedia of Parallel Computing. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-09766-4_77

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