Virtual threads take the responsibility for allocating system resources out of your application code and into the JVM. Here's a first look at virtual threads in Java 21.

Java achieved write-once, run-anywhere for concurrent programs by ensuring that the language and APIs provided a complete, portable abstraction for threads, inter-thread coordination mechanisms ...

Understanding Java threads – read the whole series Part 1: Introducing threads and runnables Part 2: Thread synchronization Part 3: Thread scheduling, wait/notify, and thread interruption Part 4 ...

Java virtual threads are much lighter and more efficient than traditional operating system threads, and excel at handling blocking operations. Unfortunately, despite their advantages, virtual threads ...

JDK 21's virtual threads are a major leap forward for Java's concurrency model. Previously, Java relied on OS threads, which were resource-heavy, limiting how many threads could run concurrently.