Lecture 2 â Threads - many-core.group
Lecture 2 â Threads - many-core.group
Lecture 2 â Threads - many-core.group
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More on threads<br />
• Many thousands of concurrent threads are allowed<br />
• “Instant” switching between threads hides memory latency:<br />
• While a thread is waiting for data – switch to another thread which<br />
has data available<br />
• To help the programmer keep track of threads (and to guide their<br />
scheduling on the GPU) threads are organised into thread blocks<br />
• Blocks are further organised into a grid