Understanding Java threads – read the whole series Part 1: Introducing threads and runnables Part 2: Thread synchronization Part 3: Thread scheduling, wait/notify, and thread interruption Part 4 ...

Unfortunately, Java applications taking advantage of multiple threads can at times run into the dreaded deadlock condition. Fortunately, the Java Platform makes deadlock detection relatively easy.

As a result, any single thread of execution would run faster on a speedy single-core CPU than it would on a slower core of a multicore CPU. The seemingly obvious answer is to split up the task into ...