Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!helios.ee.lbl.gov!nosc!ucsd!ucsdhub!hp-sdd!ncr-sd!ncrcae!hubcap!Charlie From: charlie@jupiter.ucsc.edu (Charlie McDowell) Newsgroups: comp.parallel Subject: Superlinear speedup Keywords: superlinear speedup performance Message-ID: <2798@hubcap.UUCP> Date: 22 Aug 88 12:46:35 GMT Sender: fpst@hubcap.UUCP Lines: 15 Approved: parallel@hubcap.clemson.edu Over the past several years I recall having read or heard of several instances of "superlinear" speedup using parallel processors. If you know any instances of "superlinear" performance measures on a parallel machine, I would appreciate hearing about them. They can be either short unpublished results or pointers to articles in which the results are mentioned. Please respond by email to charlie@jupiter.ucsc.edu. Charlie McDowell Computer and Information Sciences University of California, Santa Cruz (408) 429-4772