Understanding what single-thread and multi-threading
An article was published recently that supposedly shows AMD’s single-thread CPU beating out a handful of Intel’s CPU. AMD and Intel have been producing powerful CPU’s for the past several decades. CPU’s used to be predominantly single-threaded, but now in this day and age, multi-threads are more popular.
Anyone looking to buy a new computer, whether desktop or laptop, have seen CPU’s in the description. CPU’s are usually divided into two categories: single-threaded and multi-threaded. But what do these mean?
Single-thread CPU’s basically have a thread, which is a unit of execution on concurrent programming. Single-thread focuses on each programs one at a time. Depending on the program, each are executed as a task by the single-thread. Single-threads are not as common now.
Multi-thread CPU’s are more common now. PC enthusiasts will most likely run multi-thread CPU’s. Multi-thread have multiple cores, which assist in helping the CPU run execute multiple programs at the same time.
