plot: extend batch-scaling curves with saturated-throughput ceiling

Beyond a mapping's SIP capacity (16/C) the throughput plateaus: extra
users run in waves at the saturated rate, they are not un-runnable. Draw
a dashed horizontal extension at the ceiling so 1-kv-per-cube (cap 2)
reads as saturating, not stopping, at B=2. Caption updated.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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2026-07-22 17:39:13 -07:00
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commit baf22f01ab
4 changed files with 15 additions and 4 deletions
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ def main():
contexts = sorted({int(r["S_kv"]) for r in rows})
fig, axes = plt.subplots(1, len(contexts), figsize=(6.5 * len(contexts), 4.5),
squeeze=False)
xmax = max(int(r["B"]) for r in rows) # largest SIP capacity (= 16)
for col, S in enumerate(contexts):
ax = axes[0][col]
for m in MODES:
@@ -40,8 +41,15 @@ def main():
if not pts:
continue
xs, ys = zip(*pts)
# Measured: concurrent users up to the SIP capacity 16/C.
ax.plot(xs, ys, marker="o", color=MODE_COLOR[m],
label=MODE_LABEL[m])
# Beyond capacity the SIP is full: extra users run in waves at
# the saturated rate, so throughput plateaus. Draw that ceiling
# as a dashed extension (projected, not concurrently measured).
if xs[-1] < xmax:
ax.plot([xs[-1], xmax], [ys[-1], ys[-1]],
linestyle="--", color=MODE_COLOR[m], alpha=0.55)
ax.annotate(f"{ys[-1]:.2f}", (xs[-1], ys[-1]),
textcoords="offset points", xytext=(4, 4), fontsize=8)
ax.set_title(f"S_kv = {S // 1024}K")