- Survey of Threads - http://www.northco.net/chenke/project/project2.html
Comparing Solaris, Linux, and Windows NT threads.
- RT++ - http://www.risc.uni-linz.ac.at/software/rt++/
Higher order threads for C++; tutorial and reference manual.
- ZThreads - http://zthread.sourceforge.net/
An advanced object-oriented, cross-platform C++ threading and synchronization library. [GPL]
- A Thread Performance Comparison - http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/usenix-nt98/full_papers/zabatta/zabatta_html/zabatta.html
Compares Windows NT and Solaris on a symmetric multiprocessor machine.
- Introduction to Priority Inversion - http://www.embedded.com/story/OEG20020321S0023
Gives an introduction to priority inversion and shows a pair of techniques to avoid them.
- Fundamentals of Multithreading - http://www.slcentral.com/articles/01/6/multithreading/
Technical article, covering Amdahl's Law, latencies and bandwidth, on-chip multiprocessing, Jackson technology, and simultaneous multithreading. (SystemLogic.net)
- Comparing Win32 and Java Synchronization - http://www.devx.com/upload/free/features/javapro/1999/01jan99/jg0199/jg0199.asp
Comparison of the available Java synchronization primitives with the Win32 counterparts.
- Priority Inheritance Protocols - http://www-md.e-technik.uni-rostock.de/ma/gol/rtsys-bib/90-toc-pcp.pdf
Use of synchronization mechanisms like semaphores, monitors, and critical regions can lead to uncontrolled priority inversion. [PDF file]
- Object-Oriented Multithreading using C++ - http://www.wiley.com/legacy/compbooks/catalog/18012-2.htm
This book shows how to avoid common pitfalls of multithreading in UNIX, Windows NT, or OS/2 environments.
- State Threads Library - http://state-threads.sourceforge.net/
A small application library for writing fast and highly scalable Internet applications on UNIX-like platforms. [Open source, MPL or GPL]
- Await && Locks - http://await.sourceforge.net/
An expressive C++ thread synchronization library.
- OpenTop C++ Library - Multi-threading - http://www.elcel.com/products/opentop/threading.html
A part cross-platform C++ library providing high-performance and portable classes for multi-threading by creating a common wrapper around Windows and POSIX threads, exposing an interface modelled on the popular Java abstractions. Cross-platform support for Java-style synchronization is provided in addition to mutexes and Unix-style condition variables. [Commercial]
- Designing a Thread Class in C++ - http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Heights/6038/dthreads.html
Resources on designing a thread class in C++. Provides introduction, basic approach, implementation and using the class thread in C++.
- Portable Thread Synchronization using C++ - http://world.std.com/~jimf/papers/c++sync/c++sync.html
Provides example C++ classes implementing a series of synchronization objects useful for building portable (Solaris and Win32) multithreaded applications.
- C++ Portable Types Library (PTypes) - http://www.melikyan.com/ptypes/
A simple alternative to the STL plus portable multithreading and networking. Compiles under modern Unix and Windows systems. [Open-source, zlib-like license]
- Foundations of Multithreaded, Parallel, and Distributed Programming - http://www.aw-bc.com/catalog/academic/product/0,1144,0201357526,00.html
This book teaches the fundamental concepts of multithreaded, parallel and distributed computing. Emphasizes how to solve problems, with correctness the primary concern and performance an important, but secondary, concern. (Gregory R. Andrews)
- Concurrent Programming: Principles and Practice - http://www.aw-bc.com/catalog/academic/product/0,1144,0805300864,00.html
This book provides an in-depth overview of underlying principles as well as practical techniques that can be used to design concurrent programs. (Greg Andrews)
- Protothreads - http://www.sics.se/%7eadam/pt/
Extremely lightweight stackless threads which provide linear code execution for event-driven systems, designed for severely memory constrained systems.
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