CSC 553 - Operating Systems

Dr. R. M. Siegfried

Assignment #10 - Parallel Processing and Performance

Due Tuesday, November 21, 2023

Question 1

Why would finer granularity (smaller tasks) improve computer performance? How could this have a negative impact on computer performance?

Question 2

Would the number of threads per application speed up program execution? Is there a limit to how much this would speed execution?

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