- OpenMP provides high-level thread programming
- Multiple cooperating threads are allowed to run simultaneously
- Threads are created and destroyed dynamically in a fork-join pattern
- An OpenMP program consists of a number of parallel regions
- Between two parallel regions there is only one master thread
- In the beginning of a parallel region, a team of new threads is spawned
- The newly spawned threads work simultaneously with the master thread
- At the end of a parallel region, the new threads are destroyed
Many good tutorials online and excellent textbook
- Using OpenMP, by B. Chapman, G. Jost, and A. van der Pas
- Many tutorials online like OpenMP official site