11 May
2009
11 May
'09
3:53 p.m.
Jens M Andreasen wrote:
like vector elements in "warps". Intel talks
about "fibers" when they
are describing their Larrabee - which might be a better terminology, at
least less confusing.
While on Windows API, fiber is a 'thread' or scheduling entity who's
execution is not controlled by kernel, but by application.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms682661(VS.85).aspx
I would just speak about hardware threads or execution pipelines.
- Jussi