Here is a very nice entry from the Sun Developer Network on throughput computing, focusing on
the Solaris operating system, and the new CoolThreads Technology build at the
heart of the very new and innovative UltraSPARC processor
architecture.
The content is enhanced with many examples and well explained differences
between terms commonly used these days, such as CMT, SMP,
LWP or
core.
Read on: Maximizing Application Performance on CMT Architectures.

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