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.