Dynamically Adjustable Virtual Machine

A system including a collection of local data processing devices and a collection of remote data processing devices. At least one local data processing device executes instructions configuring the at least one local data processing device to implement a resource manager, a virtual machine, and a virtual machine manager. The resource manager associates application threads of a software application executing on a data processing device with local processors. The virtual machine includes a plurality of virtual processors, and each virtual processor emulates a data processing device. The virtual machine associates local processors with virtual processors. Finally, the virtual machine manager associates at least one virtual processor with a local data processing device and at least one virtual processor with a remote data processing device.