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<h1 align="center">Slides on Java Multithreading</h1>
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<em>Lixin Tao</em>
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<h3 align="center">February 1, 2005</h3>
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<b>Overview</b>
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<li>Why <em>Multithreading</em> is great</li>
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<em>Windows</em> and <em>Unix</em> support multithreads</li>
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<em>Java</em> supports multithread programming</li>
<li>For more information, please visit 
            <a href="http://java.sun.com">Java Home</a> and 
            <br> 
<a href="http://www.boarland.com">http://www.boarland.com</a>
      
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<b>Why Multithreading is Important?</b>
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<li>CPU switching among threads is more efficient
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<li>Process generation is slow</li>      	  
      	  
<li>Process context switching is slow</li>
      	  
<li>Thread is also called light process</li>
      	
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<li>Serving multiple clients concurrently</li>
<li>More reponsive user interface</li>
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<b>How does it Work</b>
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<li>All threads can run concurrently</li>
<li>CPU number &lt; thread number</li>
<li>Thread synchronization</li>
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<pre>Thread State Diagram:
           
                          start          [finish]
             (New thread) -------&gt; (Run) --------&gt; (terminated)    
                                   / | \
                         _________/  |  \_________
                        |            |            |
                   wait |        time|out         | [CPU available]
                        |            \/           |
                    (blocked)----&gt;(Ready)---------&gt;
                                     
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