Throughput vs. Tokens Graph
}Throughput is zero
}When no tokens in pipe
}When pipeline is full of tokens
}Peak throughput in-between
}Token limited region
}Faster BitGen
improves throughput
}Bubble limited region
}Faster BitBucket
improves performance
CE-653 - Asynchronous Pipeline Performance
11/5/2014
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Slope[token limited region] = 1/SUM(FL)
Slope[bubble limited region] = 1/SUM(BL)

Δy/Δx = 1/(FL + BL)/[N*FL/(FL + BL)] = 1/N*FL