Fine-grained multithreading

Time (Processor Cycles)

Functional Units

Thread 1

Unused

Thread 3

Thread 2

Fills horizontal waste, but still

has vertical waste if thread cannot

use all FU’s in parallel

1

3

8

9

7

6

4

2

5

12

11

10

17

14

13

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