These movies  illustrate the  behavior of wavefronts flowing through a pipeline ring. They are explained in the ring movie tutorial. Stare at them until gestalt occurs. See also Sandbox 10 for a more recent presentation. Download the movies to watch with frame by frame control in quicktime.

Ring with one data wavefront: severely wavefront limited.

Ring with 5 data wavefronts: slightly wavefront limited.

Ring with 6 data wavefronts: slightly bubble limited.

Ring with 11 data wavefronts: severely bubble limited.

Ring with 5 data wavefronts and  A 2X delay stage  at 10:30: slightly delay limited.

Ring with 5 data wavefronts and  A 4X delay stage  at 10:30: more delay limited.

Ring with 5 data wavefronts and  A 6X delay stage  at 10:30: severly delay limited.