CELLULAR MULTIPROCESSING
\sˈɛljʊlə mˌʌltɪpɹˈə͡ʊsɛsɪŋ], \sˈɛljʊlə mˌʌltɪpɹˈəʊsɛsɪŋ], \s_ˈɛ_l_j_ʊ_l_ə m_ˌʌ_l_t_ɪ_p_ɹ_ˈəʊ_s_ɛ_s_ɪ_ŋ]\
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(CMP) The partitioning ofprocessors into separate computing environments runningdifferent operating systems.The term cellular multiprocessing appears to have been coinedby Unisys, who are developing a system where computerscommunicate as clustered machines through a high speed bus,rather than through communication protocols such asTCP/IP.The Unisys system is based on Intel processors, initiallythe Pentium II Xeon and moving on to the 64-bit Mercedprocessors later in 1999. It will be scalable from four up to32 processors, which can be clustered or partitioned invarious ways. For example a sixteen processor system could beconfigured as four Windows NT systems (each functioning as afour-processor symmetric multiprocessing system), or an8-way NT and 8-way Unix system.Supported operating systems will be Windows NT, SCO'sUnixware 7.0, Unisys' SVR4 Unix and possibly the OS2200and MCP-AS mainframe operating systems (with the assistanceof Unisys' own dedicated chipset). (http://marketplace.unisys.com/ent/cmp.html).
By Denis Howe
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