code example
TBB boost threads
part of the C++ boost library
AltiVec PowerPC SIMD instructions

#include <boost/thread/thread.hpp>
using namespace boost;
#include <altivec.h>

#define PROC (8)

struct thread1 {
 float *x, *y, *ep;
 int i0, i1, p;
 thread1(float *xx, float *yy, float *ee, int pp, int ii0, int ii1) :
  x(xx), y(yy), ep(ee), p(pp), i0(ii0), i1(ii1) {}
 void operator()() {
  // do computation
  float ve[4] = {0, 0, 0, 0};
  float e = 0;
  for (int i=i0; i<i1; i+=4) {
   float* yp = &y[i+1], y0 = &y[i], ym = &y[i-1];
   vec_st(vec_madd(
    vec_splats(.5),
    vec_add(
     vec_perm(vec_ld(0,ym), vec_ld(16,ym),
      vec_lvsl(0,ym)),
     vec_perm(vec_ld(0,yp), vec_ld(16,yp),
      vec_lvsl(0,yp))),
    vec_splats(0.)),
    0, &x[i]);
   vec_st(vec_add(
    vec_ld(0,&ve[0]),vec_madd(
     vec_ld(0,y0),
     vec_ld(0,y0),
     vec_splats(0.))),
    0, &ve[0]);
  }
  e += ve[0] + ve[1] + ve[2] + ve[3];
  *ep = e;
 }
};

int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
  int n = ...;
  float *x, *y;
  x = new float[n+1];
  y = new float[n+1];

  ... // fill x, y

  float e = 0;
  float e_vec[PROC];
  thread_group grp;
  // start threads and wait for termination
  for (int i=0; i<PROC; ++i) {
   thread1 t(x, y, &e_vec[i], i,
     1+((n-1)*i)/PROC, 1+((n-1)*(i+1))/PROC);
   grp.create_thread(t);
  }
  grp.join_all();
  for (int i=0; i<PROC; ++i)
   e += e_vec[i];

  ... // output x, e

  delete[] x, y;
  return 0;
}

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