https://blog.turboawesome.win/tags/threading/ Recent content in Threading on Bits, Trades & Systems Hugo en-us Wed, 09 Nov 2016 10:22:00 +0000 https://blog.turboawesome.win/2016/11/threading-models-in-java-which-one-does-your-system-actually-need/ Wed, 09 Nov 2016 10:22:00 +0000 https://blog.turboawesome.win/2016/11/threading-models-in-java-which-one-does-your-system-actually-need/ Thread-per-request, event-loop, work-stealing, single-threaded with message passing — Java supports all of them, but each optimises for different things. Choosing the wrong model means fighting the runtime rather than working with it. https://blog.turboawesome.win/2014/05/busy-spinning-vs-blocking-thread-strategies-for-ultra-low-latency/ Wed, 14 May 2014 10:31:00 +0000 https://blog.turboawesome.win/2014/05/busy-spinning-vs-blocking-thread-strategies-for-ultra-low-latency/ Blocking a thread hands control to the OS scheduler and costs you microseconds on wake-up. Busy spinning wastes a CPU core. The right choice depends on your latency target and hardware budget.