Conveniently concurrent problems surround us and even problems formerly considered embarrassingly parallel are conveniently concurrent. Take the problem of network packet processing, for example: an ...

Multi-threading, embarassingly parallel process and Apple's Blas, Oh my! MarkLT1 Apr 5, 2007 Jump to latest Follow Reply ...

The Linux variant signals Gunra’s move to cross-platform attacks with new multi-threaded and partial encryption features.

That's multi-threading, and, without it, software won't go faster with the new chips. Hang on, I thought there was a certain natural level of multi-threading in modern computing environments anyway?

But multicore systems, capable of running multiple threads simultaneously, are a lot more plentiful today than they were in 2003—let alone 1996. With multiple cores running concurrently, the ...