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Amdahl’s law states that the maximum speedup S achievable by a parallel computer with ‘p’ processors is given by:

a.

S≤f+(1-f)/p

b.

S≤f/p+(1-f)

c.

S≤1/[f+(1-f)/p]

d.

S≤1/[1-f+f/p]

Answer: (d).S≤1/[1-f+f/p]

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