Scaling Approach

A Scaling Approach is a system development approach that achieves performance improvement through systematic resource increase (of computational resources, data volume, or model size).

• AKA: Scaling Strategy, Scale-Up Approach, Growth Approach.
• Context:
  • It can typically follow Scaling Laws relating scaling approach resources to scaling approach performance.
  • It can typically require Infrastructure Investment for scaling approach compute capacity.
  • It can typically enable Capability Enhancement through scaling approach size increase.
  • It can typically demonstrate Performance Gains at scaling approach threshold points.
  • It can typically encounter Scaling Limits at scaling approach saturation levels.
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  • It can often reveal Emergent Properties at scaling approach critical scales.
  • It can often drive Breakthrough Achievements through scaling approach extreme scales.
  • It can often necessitate Architecture Redesign for scaling approach efficiency.
  • It can often influence Resource Allocation in scaling approach optimization.
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  • It can range from being a Linear Scaling Approach to being an Exponential Scaling Approach, depending on its scaling approach growth pattern.
  • It can range from being a Horizontal Scaling Approach to being a Vertical Scaling Approach, depending on its scaling approach expansion direction.
  • It can range from being a Compute Scaling Approach to being a Data Scaling Approach, depending on its scaling approach resource focus.
  • It can range from being an Efficient Scaling Approach to being a Brute-Force Scaling Approach, depending on its scaling approach optimization level.
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  • It can integrate with Moore's Law for scaling approach hardware progression.
  • It can connect to Amdahl's Law for scaling approach parallelization limits.
  • It can interface with Power Law for scaling approach relationship modeling.
  • It can communicate with System Architecture for scaling approach implementation.
  • It can synchronize with Performance Metric for scaling approach evaluation.
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• Example(s):
  • Horizontal Scaling adding scaling approach parallel nodes.
  • Vertical Scaling increasing scaling approach node capacity.
  • Database Sharding distributing scaling approach data partitions.
  • Model Parallelism splitting scaling approach computation layers.
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• Counter-Example(s):
  • Optimization Approach, which improves efficiency without size increase.
  • Algorithmic Innovation, which enhances performance through better methods.
  • Compression Technique, which reduces resource requirements while maintaining capability.
• See: Moore's Law, Horizontally Scalable Computing System, Language Model Scaling Law, Deep Learning Scaling Laws Relationship, Quadratic Scaling, 1972 GeneralizedIterativeScaling.

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