architecture, parallel (CMP) The partitioning of
processors into separate computing environments running
The term cellular multiprocessing appears to have been coined
by
Unisys, who are developing a system where computers
communicate as clustered machines through a high speed
bus,
rather than through communication
protocols such as
The Unisys system is based on
Intel processors, initially
processors later in 1999. It will be scalable from four up to
32 processors, which can be clustered or partitioned in
various ways. For example a sixteen processor system could be
configured as four
Windows NT systems (each functioning as a
8-way NT and 8-way
Unix system.
and MCP-AS
mainframe operating systems (with the assistance
(1998-09-09)