Subj : Re: One thread on several processors in multiprocessor system?
To   : comp.programming.threads
From : Joseph Seigh
Date : Tue Feb 01 2005 12:43 pm

On 1 Feb 2005 07:41:28 -0800, Julius <yuliy@gmx.de> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I never thought befor deep about threads, but. I know that one thread
> can run on separate processor. but, can one thread runs on several
> processors? Say, simultaneously calculating sqrt(2), in one processor,
> and 2+2 on another?
>
> For example in the code:
>
> ...
>
> double x = sqrt(2);
> int i = 2 + 2;
> ....
>
Not simultaneously, only on one processor at a time.  A thread can run on
one processor for a while, get suspended, and resume on another processor
or on the same processor again.

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Joe Seigh

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