diff --git a/rxjava-core/src/main/java/rx/internal/util/MpscPaddedQueue.java b/rxjava-core/src/main/java/rx/internal/util/MpscPaddedQueue.java
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+/**
+ * Copyright 2014 Netflix, Inc.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not
+ * use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ * the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+ * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
+ * the License.
+ */
+package rx.internal.util;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReferenceFieldUpdater;
+
+/**
+ * A multiple-producer single consumer queue implementation with padded reference
+ * to tail to avoid cache-line thrashing.
+ * Based on Netty's <a href='https://github.com/netty/netty/blob/master/common/src/main/java/io/netty/util/internal/MpscLinkedQueue.java'>MpscQueue implementation</a> but using AtomicReferenceFieldUpdater
+ * instead of Unsafe.
+ * @param <E> the element type
+ */
+public final class MpscPaddedQueue<E> extends AtomicReference<MpscPaddedQueue.Node<E>> {
+    @SuppressWarnings(value = "rawtypes")
+    static final AtomicReferenceFieldUpdater<PaddedNode, Node> TAIL_UPDATER = AtomicReferenceFieldUpdater.newUpdater(PaddedNode.class, Node.class, "tail");
+    /** */
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+    /** The padded tail reference. */
+    final PaddedNode<E> tail;
+    /**
+     * Initializes the empty queue.
+     */
+    public MpscPaddedQueue() {
+        Node<E> first = new Node<E>(null);
+        tail = new PaddedNode<E>();
+        tail.tail = first;
+        set(first);
+    }
+    /**
+     * Offer a new value.
+     * @param v the value to offer
+     */
+    public void offer(E v) {
+        Node<E> n = new Node<E>(v);
+        getAndSet(n).set(n);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return Poll a value from the head of the queue or return null if the queue is empty.
+     */
+    public E poll() {
+        Node<E> n = peekNode();
+        if (n == null) {
+            return null;
+        }
+        E v = n.value;
+        n.value = null; // do not retain this value as the node still stays in the queue
+        TAIL_UPDATER.lazySet(tail, n);
+        return v;
+    }
+    /**
+     * Check if there is a node available without changing anything.
+     */
+    private Node<E> peekNode() {
+        for (;;) {
+            @SuppressWarnings(value = "unchecked")
+            Node<E> t = TAIL_UPDATER.get(tail);
+            Node<E> n = t.get();
+            if (n != null || get() == t) {
+                return n;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    /**
+     * Clears the queue.
+     */
+    public void clear() {
+        for (;;) {
+            if (poll() == null) {
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    /** Class that contains a Node reference padded around to fit a typical cache line. */
+    static final class PaddedNode<E> {
+        /** Padding, public to prevent optimizing it away. */
+        public int p1;
+        volatile Node<E> tail;
+        /** Padding, public to prevent optimizing it away. */
+        public long p2;
+        /** Padding, public to prevent optimizing it away. */
+        public long p3;
+        /** Padding, public to prevent optimizing it away. */
+        public long p4;
+        /** Padding, public to prevent optimizing it away. */
+        public long p5;
+        /** Padding, public to prevent optimizing it away. */
+        public long p6;
+    }
+    /**
+     * Regular node with value and reference to the next node.
+     */
+    static final class Node<E> {
+
+        E value;
+        @SuppressWarnings(value = "rawtypes")
+        static final AtomicReferenceFieldUpdater<Node, Node> TAIL_UPDATER = AtomicReferenceFieldUpdater.newUpdater(Node.class, Node.class, "tail");
+        volatile Node<E> tail;
+
+        public Node(E value) {
+            this.value = value;
+        }
+
+        public void set(Node<E> newTail) {
+            TAIL_UPDATER.lazySet(this, newTail);
+        }
+
+        @SuppressWarnings(value = "unchecked")
+        public Node<E> get() {
+            return TAIL_UPDATER.get(this);
+        }
+    }
+    
+}
diff --git a/rxjava-core/src/main/java/rx/internal/util/PaddedAtomicInteger.java b/rxjava-core/src/main/java/rx/internal/util/PaddedAtomicInteger.java
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+/**
+ * Copyright 2014 Netflix, Inc.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not
+ * use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ * the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+ * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
+ * the License.
+ */
+package rx.internal.util;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
+
+/**
+ * An AtomicInteger with extra fields to pad it out to fit a typical cache line.
+ */
+public final class PaddedAtomicInteger extends AtomicInteger {
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+    /** Padding, public to prevent optimizing it away. */
+    public int p1;
+    /** Padding, public to prevent optimizing it away. */
+    public int p2;
+    /** Padding, public to prevent optimizing it away. */
+    public int p3;
+    /** Padding, public to prevent optimizing it away. */
+    public int p4;
+    /** Padding, public to prevent optimizing it away. */
+    public int p5;
+    /** Padding, public to prevent optimizing it away. */
+    public int p6;
+    /** Padding, public to prevent optimizing it away. */
+    public int p7;
+    /** Padding, public to prevent optimizing it away. */
+    public int p8;
+    /** Padding, public to prevent optimizing it away. */
+    public int p9;
+    /** Padding, public to prevent optimizing it away. */
+    public int p10;
+    /** Padding, public to prevent optimizing it away. */
+    public int p11;
+    /** Padding, public to prevent optimizing it away. */
+    public int p12;
+    /** Padding, public to prevent optimizing it away. */
+    public int p13;
+    /** @return prevents optimizing away the fields, most likely. */
+    public int noopt() {
+        return p1 + p2 + p3 + p4 + p5 + p6 + p7 + p8 + p9 + p10 + p11 + p12 + p13;
+    }
+    
+}
diff --git a/rxjava-core/src/main/java/rx/internal/util/README.md b/rxjava-core/src/main/java/rx/internal/util/README.md
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+This `rx.internal.*` package is for internal use only. Any code here can change at any time and is not considered part of the public API, even if the classes are `public` so as to be used from other packages within `rx.*`.
+
+If you depend on these classes, your code may break in any future RxJava release, even if it's just a patch release (major.minor.patch).