Single instruction, multiple threads

Single instruction, multiple threads is a way to make computers go faster by running lots of tasks at the same time. Imagine you are in a kitchen. You can have one person do every task, like chopping up vegetables, stirring the pot and flipping the pancake. But if you had 4 people, you could do all the tasks at once!

In computers, single instruction, multiple threads (SIMT) is a way to make the computer do lots of things at once, like one person chopping veggies and another stirring the pot. To do this, we look at a group of instructions and break them down into smaller parts. Then, each part is sent off to a different thread or group of threads so that multiple tasks can be done at the same time. This saves time and makes the computer go faster.