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@article{citeulike:3476764, abstract = {Scalability is a frequently-claimed attribute of multiprocessor systems. While the basic notion is intuitive, scalability has no generally-accepted definition. For this reason, current use of the term adds more to marketing potential than technical insight.In this paper, I first examine formal definitions of scalability, but I fail to lind a useful, rigorous definition of it . I then question whether scalability is useful and conclude by challenging the technical community to either (1) rigorously define scalability or (2) stop using it to describe systems.}, address = {New York, NY, USA}, author = {Hill, Mark D.}, citeulike-article-id = {3476764}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=121973.121975}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/121973.121975}, doi = {10.1145/121973.121975}, issn = {0163-5964}, journal = {SIGARCH Comput. Archit. News}, keywords = {4ref, definition, scalability}, number = {4}, pages = {18--21}, posted-at = {2009-03-19 11:53:26}, priority = {2}, publisher = {ACM}, title = {What is scalability?}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/121973.121975}, volume = {18}, year = {1990} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3476764 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3476764 N2 - Scalability is a frequently-claimed attribute of multiprocessor systems. While the basic notion is intuitive, scalability has no generally-accepted definition. For this reason, current use of the term adds more to marketing potential than technical insight.In this paper, I first examine formal definitions of scalability, but I fail to lind a useful, rigorous definition of it . I then question whether scalability is useful and conclude by challenging the technical community to either (1) rigorously define scalability or (2) stop using it to describe systems. IS - 4 JF - SIGARCH Comput. Archit. News SN - 0163-5964 AD - New York, NY, USA EP - 21 TI - What is scalability? PB - ACM VL - 18 SP - 18 KW - 4ref KW - definition KW - scalability AU - Hill, Mark PY - 1990/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/121973.121975 ER -