parallel application running on 10 CPUs, spends 15% of its total time, in sequential execution. What kind of CPU (i.e., how much faster) would we need to run this application completely sequentially, while keeping the same total time?

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A parallel application running on 10 CPUs, spends 15% of its total time, in sequential execution. What kind of CPU (i.e., how much faster) would we need to run this application completely sequentially, while keeping the same total time? 

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