Multi-threaded Archives

Hyper Threading CPU vs. Dual, Multi-Core

In 1968, IBM had introduced a new concept that could enable Software Threads at the lowest level transparent to the application developers, this was known as SMT or Simultaneous Multithreading. Sure, it was a great … Read more

Firefox to go multi-threaded for multicores.

Mozilla’s developers have announced plans to add application multi-threading to Firefox over the next two years, a feature already partially enabled in its main rivals, IE8 and Google Chrome. As well as allowing the software … Read more