You should probably read https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_J._Gunther#Universal_Law_of_Computational_Scalability https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_J._Gunther#

You should probably read https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_J._Gunther#Universal_Law_of_Computational_Scalability https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_J._Gunther#Universal_Law_... and Neil Gunther's other works.