Intel Parallel Universe Computing Challenge Coming to SC13

The Intel Parallel Universe Computing Challenge is a live competition designed to raise awareness of the importance of parallelization at SC13. Be sure to stop by the Intel booth and see 8 teams battle for a $25,000 dollar prize.

Balancing Amdahl’s Law vs. Gustafson-Barsis’ Law

The two laws of parallel performance quantify strong versus weak scalability and illustrate the balancing act that is parallel optimization.