Latency vs. Throughput
The latency of a load of laundry is 2 hours
- Does not change with pipelining
The throughput of the laundry system is
- 1 loads/2 hours = .5 LPH without pipelining
- 1 load/.5 hours = 2 LPH with pipelining
The speedup is 4, the same as the number of stages (when stages are balanced)