Why is the throughput 1 load/hour? Isn't it 4 loads in 5 hours, so .8 loads/hour?
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tchitten
I think throughput here refers to a potential throughput given this pipelining scheme. If we carried this process out ad infinitum the overhead of the initial wash and the final folding would be negligable compared to the time spent drying so our throughput would approach 1 load/hour.
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kayvonf
Correct. The steady stage throughput is one load per hour.
Why is the throughput 1 load/hour? Isn't it 4 loads in 5 hours, so .8 loads/hour?
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I think throughput here refers to a potential throughput given this pipelining scheme. If we carried this process out ad infinitum the overhead of the initial wash and the final folding would be negligable compared to the time spent drying so our throughput would approach 1 load/hour.
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Correct. The steady stage throughput is one load per hour.
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