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Running 100,000 Parallel Threads

Posted by michael on from the when-one-isn't-enough dept.

An anonymous reader writes "This story explains how the latest Linux development kernel is now able to start and stop over 100,000 threads in parallel in only 2 seconds (about 14 minutes 58 seconds faster than with earlier Linux kernels)! Much of this impressive work is thanks to Ingo Molnar, author of the O(1) scheduler recently merged with the 2.5 Linux development kernel."

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  1. I know a faster way... by ndogg · · Score: 0, Redundant

    It's called "pulling the power cable."

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  2. 100000?! by thelexx · · Score: 3, Redundant

    640 should be enough for anybody!

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