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SMP

(Symmetric MultiProcessing) A multiprocessing architecture in which multiple CPUs, residing in one cabinet, share the same memory. SMP systems provide scalability. As business increases, additional CPUs can be added to absorb the increased transaction volume.

SMP systems range from two to as many as 32 or more processors. However, if one CPU fails, the entire SMP system is down. Clusters of two or more SMP systems can be used to provide high availability (fault resilience). If one SMP system fails, the others continue to operate.

A Pool of Resources
One of the CPUs boots the system and loads the SMP operating system, which brings the other CPUs online. There is only one instance of the operating system and one instance of the application in memory. The operating system uses the CPUs as a pool of processing resources, all executing simultaneously, either processing data or in an idle loop waiting to do something.

Whatever Can Be Overlapped
SMP speeds up whatever processes can be overlapped. For example, in a desktop computer, it would speed up the running of multiple applications simultaneously. If an application is multithreaded, which allows for concurrent operations within the application itself, then SMP will improve the performance of that single application.

Sequent, Pyramid and Encore pioneered SMP on Unix platforms. SMP servers are also available from IBM, HP, NCR, Unisys and others. Many versions of Unix as well as Windows NT/2000, NetWare and OS/2 have been designed for or have been revamped for SMP. Contrast with MPP. See also NUMA.

SMP and MPP Processing

In SMP, CPUs are assigned to the next available task or thread that can run concurrently. In MPP operation, the problem is broken up into separate pieces, which are processed simultaneously.

1.		SMP - Symbol Manipulation Program.
2.	(computer, parallel)	SMP - symmetric multiprocessing.

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Under her leadership the chapter saw a substantial increase in membership and was awarded first place in the national SMPS Striving for Excellence program.

Soldano tapped for SMPS post by Real Estate Weekly

Co-hosted by the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Confederation of Asian and Pacific Accountants, the forum provided an opportunity for national and regional accountancy organizations, representatives of SMEs and SMPs, and international standard setters, among others, to discuss the challenges and opportunities facing SMEs and SMPs and programs and initiatives that could best support them.

Forum for small and medium entities identifies key market challenges by CMA Management

It begins with SMPS fundamentals and basics of circuit- averaging models, then discusses general analysis requirements of power supplies, illustrates the use of SPICE for analysis, and outlines methods for developing SMPS and component models.

Practical Computer Analysis of Switch Mode Power Supplies by SciTech Book News

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