diff --git a/include/bx/macros.h b/include/bx/macros.h
index 8ceb3dd..43419f6 100644
--- a/include/bx/macros.h
+++ b/include/bx/macros.h
@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@
 
 #define BX_UNUSED(_unused) do { (void)sizeof(_unused); } while(0)
 
+#define BX_CLASS_NO_COPY_NO_ASSIGNMENT(_class) \
+			_class(const _class&); \
+			_class& operator=(const _class&)
+
 #ifndef BX_CHECK
 #	define BX_CHECK(...) do {} while(0)
 #endif // BX_CHECK
diff --git a/include/bx/sem.h b/include/bx/sem.h
index b12d246..2541053 100644
--- a/include/bx/sem.h
+++ b/include/bx/sem.h
@@ -1,105 +1,106 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2010-2012 Branimir Karadzic. All rights reserved.
- * License: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/BSD-2-Clause
- */
-
-#ifndef __BX_SEM_H__
-#define __BX_SEM_H__
-
-#include "bx.h"
-
-#if BX_PLATFORM_POSIX
-#	include <semaphore.h>
-#	include <time.h>
-#elif BX_PLATFORM_WINDOWS || BX_PLATFORM_XBOX360
-#	include <limits.h>
-#endif // BX_PLATFORM_
-
-namespace bx
-{
-#if BX_PLATFORM_POSIX
-	class Semaphore
-	{
-	public:
-		Semaphore()
-		{
-			sem_init(&m_handle, 0, 0);
-		}
-
-		~Semaphore()
-		{
-			sem_destroy(&m_handle);
-		}
-
-		void post(uint32_t _count = 1)
-		{
-			for (uint32_t ii = 0; ii < _count; ++ii)
-			{
-				sem_post(&m_handle);
-			}
-		}
-
-		bool wait(int32_t _msecs = -1)
-		{
-#if BX_PLATFORM_NACL
-			BX_CHECK(-1 == _msecs, "NaCl doesn't support sem_timedwait at this moment.");
-			return 0 == sem_wait(&m_handle);
-#else
-			if (0 > _msecs)
-			{
-				return 0 == sem_wait(&m_handle);
-			}
-
-			timespec ts;
-			ts.tv_sec = _msecs/1000;
-			ts.tv_nsec = (_msecs%1000)*1000;
-			return 0 == sem_timedwait(&m_handle, &ts);
-#endif // BX_PLATFORM_
-		}
-
-	private:
-		Semaphore(const Semaphore& _rhs); // no copy constructor
-		Semaphore& operator=(const Semaphore& _rhs); // no assignment operator
-
-		sem_t m_handle;
-	};
-
-#elif BX_PLATFORM_WINDOWS || BX_PLATFORM_XBOX360
-
-	class Semaphore
-	{
-	public:
-		Semaphore()
-		{
-			m_handle = CreateSemaphore(NULL, 0, LONG_MAX, NULL);
-			BX_CHECK(NULL != m_handle, "Failed to create Semaphore!");
-		}
-
-		~Semaphore()
-		{
-			CloseHandle(m_handle);
-		}
-
-		void post(uint32_t _count = 1) const
-		{
-			ReleaseSemaphore(m_handle, _count, NULL);
-		}
-
-		bool wait(int32_t _msecs = -1) const
-		{
-			DWORD milliseconds = (0 > _msecs) ? INFINITE : _msecs;
-			return WAIT_OBJECT_0 == WaitForSingleObject(m_handle, milliseconds);
-		}
-
-	private:
-		Semaphore(const Semaphore& _rhs); // no copy constructor
-		Semaphore& operator=(const Semaphore& _rhs); // no assignment operator
-
-		HANDLE m_handle;
-	};
-
-#endif // BX_PLATFORM_
-
-} // namespace bx
-
-#endif // __BX_SEM_H__
+/*
+ * Copyright 2010-2012 Branimir Karadzic. All rights reserved.
+ * License: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/BSD-2-Clause
+ */
+
+#ifndef __BX_SEM_H__
+#define __BX_SEM_H__
+
+#include "bx.h"
+
+#if BX_PLATFORM_POSIX
+#	include <semaphore.h>
+#	include <time.h>
+#elif BX_PLATFORM_WINDOWS || BX_PLATFORM_XBOX360
+#	include <windows.h>
+#	include <limits.h>
+#endif // BX_PLATFORM_
+
+namespace bx
+{
+#if BX_PLATFORM_POSIX
+	class Semaphore
+	{
+	public:
+		Semaphore()
+		{
+			sem_init(&m_handle, 0, 0);
+		}
+
+		~Semaphore()
+		{
+			sem_destroy(&m_handle);
+		}
+
+		void post(uint32_t _count = 1)
+		{
+			for (uint32_t ii = 0; ii < _count; ++ii)
+			{
+				sem_post(&m_handle);
+			}
+		}
+
+		bool wait(int32_t _msecs = -1)
+		{
+#if BX_PLATFORM_NACL
+			BX_CHECK(-1 == _msecs, "NaCl doesn't support sem_timedwait at this moment.");
+			return 0 == sem_wait(&m_handle);
+#else
+			if (0 > _msecs)
+			{
+				return 0 == sem_wait(&m_handle);
+			}
+
+			timespec ts;
+			ts.tv_sec = _msecs/1000;
+			ts.tv_nsec = (_msecs%1000)*1000;
+			return 0 == sem_timedwait(&m_handle, &ts);
+#endif // BX_PLATFORM_
+		}
+
+	private:
+		Semaphore(const Semaphore& _rhs); // no copy constructor
+		Semaphore& operator=(const Semaphore& _rhs); // no assignment operator
+
+		sem_t m_handle;
+	};
+
+#elif BX_PLATFORM_WINDOWS || BX_PLATFORM_XBOX360
+
+	class Semaphore
+	{
+	public:
+		Semaphore()
+		{
+			m_handle = CreateSemaphore(NULL, 0, LONG_MAX, NULL);
+			BX_CHECK(NULL != m_handle, "Failed to create Semaphore!");
+		}
+
+		~Semaphore()
+		{
+			CloseHandle(m_handle);
+		}
+
+		void post(uint32_t _count = 1) const
+		{
+			ReleaseSemaphore(m_handle, _count, NULL);
+		}
+
+		bool wait(int32_t _msecs = -1) const
+		{
+			DWORD milliseconds = (0 > _msecs) ? INFINITE : _msecs;
+			return WAIT_OBJECT_0 == WaitForSingleObject(m_handle, milliseconds);
+		}
+
+	private:
+		Semaphore(const Semaphore& _rhs); // no copy constructor
+		Semaphore& operator=(const Semaphore& _rhs); // no assignment operator
+
+		HANDLE m_handle;
+	};
+
+#endif // BX_PLATFORM_
+
+} // namespace bx
+
+#endif // __BX_SEM_H__
diff --git a/include/bx/spscqueue.h b/include/bx/spscqueue.h
index 3b36083..bf884be 100644
--- a/include/bx/spscqueue.h
+++ b/include/bx/spscqueue.h
@@ -1,152 +1,193 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2010-2012 Branimir Karadzic. All rights reserved.
- * License: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/BSD-2-Clause
- */
-
-#ifndef __BX_SPSCQUEUE_H__
-#define __BX_SPSCQUEUE_H__
-
-#include <list>
-
-#include "bx.h"
-#include "cpu.h"
-#include "mutex.h"
-#include "uint32_t.h"
-
-namespace bx
-{
-	// http://drdobbs.com/article/print?articleId=210604448&siteSectionName=
-	template <typename Ty>
-	class SpScUnboundedQueueLf
-	{
-	public:
-		SpScUnboundedQueueLf()
-			: m_first(new Node(NULL) )
-			, m_divider(m_first)
-			, m_last(m_first)
-		{
-		}
-
-		~SpScUnboundedQueueLf()
-		{
-			while (NULL != m_first)
-			{
-				Node* node = m_first;
-				m_first = node->m_next;
-				delete node;
-			}
-		}
-
-		void push(Ty* _ptr) // producer only
-		{
-			m_last->m_next = new Node(_ptr);
-			atomicExchangePtr((void**)&m_last, m_last->m_next);
-			while (m_first != m_divider)
-			{
-				Node* node = m_first;
-				m_first = m_first->m_next;
-				delete node;
-			}
-		}
-
-		Ty* peek() // consumer only
-		{
-			if (m_divider != m_last)
-			{
-				Ty* ptr = m_divider->m_next->m_ptr;
-				return ptr;
-			}
-
-			return NULL;
-		}
-
-		Ty* pop() // consumer only
-		{
-			if (m_divider != m_last)
-			{
-				Ty* ptr = m_divider->m_next->m_ptr;
-				atomicExchangePtr((void**)&m_divider, m_divider->m_next);
-				return ptr;
-			}
-
-			return NULL;
-		}
-
-	private:
-		SpScUnboundedQueueLf(const SpScUnboundedQueueLf& _rhs); // no copy constructor
-		SpScUnboundedQueueLf& operator=(const SpScUnboundedQueueLf& _rhs); // no assignment operator
-
-		struct Node
-		{
-			Node(Ty* _ptr)
-				: m_ptr(_ptr)
-				, m_next(NULL)
-			{
-			}
-
-			Ty* m_ptr;
-			Node* m_next;
-		};
-
-		Node* m_first;
-		Node* m_divider;
-		Node* m_last;
-	};
-
-	template<typename Ty>
-	class SpScUnboundedQueueMutex
-	{
-	public:
-		SpScUnboundedQueueMutex()
-		{
-		}
-
-		~SpScUnboundedQueueMutex()
-		{
-			BX_CHECK(m_queue.empty(), "Queue is not empty!");
-		}
-
-		void push(Ty* _item)
-		{
-			bx::LwMutexScope lock(m_mutex);
-			m_queue.push_back(_item);
-		}
-
-		Ty* peek()
-		{
-			bx::LwMutexScope lock(m_mutex);
-			if (!m_queue.empty() )
-			{
-				return m_queue.front();
-			}
-
-			return NULL;
-		}
-
-		Ty* pop()
-		{
-			bx::LwMutexScope lock(m_mutex);
-			if (!m_queue.empty() )
-			{
-				Ty* item = m_queue.front();
-				m_queue.pop_front();
-				return item;
-			}
-
-			return NULL;
-		}
-
-	private:
-		bx::LwMutex m_mutex;
-		std::list<Ty*> m_queue;
-	};
-
-#if BX_CONFIG_SPSCQUEUE_USE_MUTEX
-#	define SpScUnboundedQueue SpScUnboundedQueueMutex
-#else
-#	define SpScUnboundedQueue SpScUnboundedQueueLf
-#endif // BX_CONFIG_SPSCQUEUE_USE_MUTEX
-
-} // namespace bx
-
-#endif // __BX_RINGBUFFER_H__
+/*
+ * Copyright 2010-2012 Branimir Karadzic. All rights reserved.
+ * License: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/BSD-2-Clause
+ */
+
+#ifndef __BX_SPSCQUEUE_H__
+#define __BX_SPSCQUEUE_H__
+
+#include <list>
+
+#include "bx.h"
+#include "cpu.h"
+#include "mutex.h"
+#include "uint32_t.h"
+
+namespace bx
+{
+	// http://drdobbs.com/article/print?articleId=210604448&siteSectionName=
+	template <typename Ty>
+	class SpScUnboundedQueueLf
+	{
+		BX_CLASS_NO_COPY_NO_ASSIGNMENT(SpScUnboundedQueueLf);
+
+	public:
+		SpScUnboundedQueueLf()
+			: m_first(new Node(NULL) )
+			, m_divider(m_first)
+			, m_last(m_first)
+		{
+		}
+
+		~SpScUnboundedQueueLf()
+		{
+			while (NULL != m_first)
+			{
+				Node* node = m_first;
+				m_first = node->m_next;
+				delete node;
+			}
+		}
+
+		void push(Ty* _ptr) // producer only
+		{
+			m_last->m_next = new Node( (void*)_ptr);
+			atomicExchangePtr( (void**)&m_last, m_last->m_next);
+			while (m_first != m_divider)
+			{
+				Node* node = m_first;
+				m_first = m_first->m_next;
+				delete node;
+			}
+		}
+
+		Ty* peek() // consumer only
+		{
+			if (m_divider != m_last)
+			{
+				Ty* ptr = (Ty*)m_divider->m_next->m_ptr;
+				return ptr;
+			}
+
+			return NULL;
+		}
+
+		Ty* pop() // consumer only
+		{
+			if (m_divider != m_last)
+			{
+				Ty* ptr = (Ty*)m_divider->m_next->m_ptr;
+				atomicExchangePtr( (void**)&m_divider, m_divider->m_next);
+				return ptr;
+			}
+
+			return NULL;
+		}
+
+	private:
+		struct Node
+		{
+			Node(void* _ptr)
+				: m_ptr(_ptr)
+				, m_next(NULL)
+			{
+			}
+
+			void* m_ptr;
+			Node* m_next;
+		};
+
+		Node* m_first;
+		Node* m_divider;
+		Node* m_last;
+	};
+
+	template<typename Ty>
+	class SpScUnboundedQueueMutex
+	{
+		BX_CLASS_NO_COPY_NO_ASSIGNMENT(SpScUnboundedQueueMutex);
+
+	public:
+		SpScUnboundedQueueMutex()
+		{
+		}
+
+		~SpScUnboundedQueueMutex()
+		{
+			BX_CHECK(m_queue.empty(), "Queue is not empty!");
+		}
+
+		void push(Ty* _item)
+		{
+			bx::LwMutexScope lock(m_mutex);
+			m_queue.push_back(_item);
+		}
+
+		Ty* peek()
+		{
+			bx::LwMutexScope lock(m_mutex);
+			if (!m_queue.empty() )
+			{
+				return m_queue.front();
+			}
+
+			return NULL;
+		}
+
+		Ty* pop()
+		{
+			bx::LwMutexScope lock(m_mutex);
+			if (!m_queue.empty() )
+			{
+				Ty* item = m_queue.front();
+				m_queue.pop_front();
+				return item;
+			}
+
+			return NULL;
+		}
+
+	private:
+		bx::LwMutex m_mutex;
+		std::list<Ty*> m_queue;
+	};
+
+#if BX_CONFIG_SPSCQUEUE_USE_MUTEX
+#	define SpScUnboundedQueue SpScUnboundedQueueMutex
+#else
+#	define SpScUnboundedQueue SpScUnboundedQueueLf
+#endif // BX_CONFIG_SPSCQUEUE_USE_MUTEX
+
+	template <typename Ty>
+	class SpScBlockingUnboundedQueue
+	{
+		BX_CLASS_NO_COPY_NO_ASSIGNMENT(SpScBlockingUnboundedQueue);
+
+	public:
+		SpScBlockingUnboundedQueue()
+		{
+		}
+
+		~SpScBlockingUnboundedQueue()
+		{
+		}
+
+		void push(Ty* _ptr) // producer only
+		{
+			m_queue.push( (void*)_ptr);
+			m_count.post();
+		}
+
+		Ty* peek() // consumer only
+		{
+			return (Ty*)m_queue.peek();
+		}
+
+		Ty* pop(int32_t _msecs = -1) // consumer only
+		{
+			if (m_count.wait(_msecs) )
+			{
+				return (Ty*)m_queue.pop();
+			}
+
+			return NULL;
+		}
+
+	private:
+		Semaphore m_count;
+		SpScUnboundedQueue<void> m_queue;
+	};
+
+} // namespace bx
+
+#endif // __BX_RINGBUFFER_H__
diff --git a/include/bx/thread.h b/include/bx/thread.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..90ce5d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/bx/thread.h
@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2010-2012 Branimir Karadzic. All rights reserved.
+ * License: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/BSD-2-Clause
+ */
+
+#ifndef __BX_THREAD_H__
+#define __BX_THREAD_H__
+
+#if BX_PLATFORM_POSIX
+#	include <pthread.h>
+#endif // BX_PLATFORM_POSIX
+
+#include "sem.h"
+
+namespace bx
+{
+	typedef int32_t (*ThreadFn)(void* _userData);
+
+	class Thread
+	{
+		BX_CLASS_NO_COPY_NO_ASSIGNMENT(Thread);
+
+	public:
+		Thread(ThreadFn _fn, void* _userData, uint32_t _size = 16<<10)
+#if BX_PLATFORM_WINDOWS|BX_PLATFORM_XBOX360
+			: m_handle(INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
+#elif BX_PLATFORM_POSIX
+			: m_handle(NULL)
+#endif // BX_PLATFORM_
+			, m_fn(_fn)
+			, m_userData(_userData)
+			, m_stackSize(_size)
+			, m_exitCode(EXIT_SUCCESS)
+			, m_running(false)
+		{
+		}
+
+		virtual ~Thread()
+		{
+			if (m_running)
+			{
+				shutdown();
+			}
+		}
+
+		void init()
+		{
+			BX_CHECK(!m_running, "Already running!");
+
+			m_running = true;
+
+#if BX_PLATFORM_WINDOWS|BX_PLATFORM_XBOX360
+			m_handle = CreateThread(NULL
+				, m_stackSize
+				, threadFunc
+				, this
+				, 0
+				, NULL
+				);
+#elif BX_PLATFORM_POSIX
+			int result;
+
+			pthread_attr_t attr;
+			result = pthread_attr_init(&attr);
+			BX_CHECK(0 == result, "pthread_attr_init failed! %d", result);
+
+			result = pthread_attr_setstacksize(&attr, m_stackSize);
+			BX_CHECK(0 == result, "pthread_attr_setstacksize failed! %d", result);
+
+// 			sched_param sched;
+// 			sched.sched_priority = 0;
+// 			result = pthread_attr_setschedparam(&attr, &sched);
+// 			BX_CHECK(0 == result, "pthread_attr_setschedparam failed! %d", result);
+
+			result = pthread_create(&m_handle, &attr, &threadFunc, this);
+			BX_CHECK(0 == result, "pthread_attr_setschedparam failed! %d", result);
+#endif // BX_PLATFORM_
+
+			m_sem.wait();
+		}
+
+		void shutdown()
+		{
+			BX_CHECK(m_running, "Not running!");
+#if BX_PLATFORM_WINDOWS|BX_PLATFORM_XBOX360
+			WaitForSingleObject(m_handle, INFINITE);
+			GetExitCodeThread(m_handle, (DWORD*)&m_exitCode);
+			CloseHandle(m_handle);
+			m_handle = INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE;
+#elif BX_PLATFORM_POSIX
+			void* result;
+			pthread_join(m_handle, &result);
+			m_exitCode = reinterpret_cast<int32_t>(result);
+			m_handle = NULL;
+#endif // BX_PLATFORM_
+			m_running = false;
+		}
+
+		bool isRunning() const
+		{
+			return m_running;
+		}
+
+	private:
+		int32_t entry()
+		{
+			m_sem.post();
+			return m_fn(m_userData);
+		}
+
+#if BX_PLATFORM_WINDOWS|BX_PLATFORM_XBOX360
+		static DWORD WINAPI threadFunc(LPVOID _arg)
+		{
+			Thread* thread = (Thread*)_arg;
+			int32_t result = thread->entry();
+			return result;
+		}
+#else
+		static void* threadFunc(void* _arg)
+		{
+			Thread* thread = (Thread*)_arg;
+			int32_t result = thread->entry();
+			return reinterpret_cast<void*>(result);
+		}
+#endif // BX_PLATFORM_
+
+#if BX_PLATFORM_WINDOWS|BX_PLATFORM_XBOX360
+		HANDLE m_handle;
+#elif BX_PLATFORM_POSIX
+		pthread_t m_handle;
+#endif // BX_PLATFORM_
+
+		ThreadFn m_fn;
+		void* m_userData;
+		Semaphore m_sem;
+		uint32_t m_stackSize;
+		int32_t m_exitCode;
+		bool m_running;
+	};
+
+} // namespace bx
+
+#endif // __BX_THREAD_H__