Java tutorial
import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.List; import java.util.concurrent.Callable; import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService; import java.util.concurrent.Executors; import java.util.concurrent.Future; public class Main { public static long pmax(final long[][] arr, int numThreads) { ExecutorService pool = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(numThreads); try { List<Future<Long>> list = new ArrayList<Future<Long>>(); for (int i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) { final long[] subArr = arr[i]; list.add(pool.submit(new Callable<Long>() { public Long call() { long max = Long.MIN_VALUE; for (int j = 0; j < subArr.length; j++) { if (subArr[j] > max) { max = subArr[j]; } } return max; } })); } // find the max of each slice's max: long max = Long.MIN_VALUE; for (Future<Long> future : list) { long threadMax = future.get(); System.out.println("threadMax: " + threadMax); if (threadMax > max) { max = threadMax; } } return max; } catch (Exception e) { System.out.println(e); return -1; } finally { pool.shutdown(); } } public static void main(String args[]) { long[][] data = new long[1000][1000]; for (int i = 0; i < 1000; i++) { for (int j = 0; j < 1000; j++) { data[i][j] = i * j * j; } } int numThreads = 32; long pmax = pmax(data, numThreads); System.out.println("pmax: " + pmax); } }