Java Multithreading and Parallel Programming Masterclass - The Volatile Keyword

The lecture discusses thread visibility issues in concurrent programming, focusing on the volatile keyword. It explains how memory and cache work, highlighting the delay in data visibility across threads due to caching. The volatile keyword ensures direct access to main memory, preventing cache-related inconsistencies but at a performance cost. A Java example illustrates the concept, showing how volatile can solve visibility problems in multithreaded applications.

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