Maximum number of threads than can run concurrently in java on a CPU

Question

Please I got confused about something. What I know is that the maximum number of threads that can run concurrently on a normal CPU of a modern computer ranges from 8 to 16 t

Answer 1

There is hardware and software concurrency. The 8 to 16 threads refers to the hardware you have - that is one or more CPUs with hardware to execute 8 to 16 threads parallel to each other. The thousands of threads refers to the number of software threads, the scheduler will have to swap them out so every software thread gets its time slice to run on the hardware.

To get the number of hardware threads you can try Runtime.availableProcessors().