- Last Updated: [[2020-12-28]] - Multithreading is the process of using more than one [[Kernel thread]] at a time, in an effort to increase performance and resource efficiency. Multithreading is the answer to the [flaws of the 1 Thread: 1 Virtual User paradigm]([[The 1 Thread=1 Virtual User Paradigm is flawed]]). - Also called "hyper-threading"