Visual Basic 2015 Unleashed

Introducing Parallel Computing

The .NET Framework 4.6 (as well as its predecessor) provides support for parallel computing through the Task Parallel Library (TPL), which is a set of Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) offered by specific extensions of the System.Threading.dll assembly. The reference to this assembly is included by default when creating new projects, so you do not need to add one manually. The TPL is reachable via the System.Threading and System.Threading.Tasks namespaces that provide objects for scaling work execution over multiple processors. You write small units of work known as tasks. Tasks are scheduled for execution by the TPL’s Task Scheduler, which is responsible for executing tasks according to available threads. ...