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uniprocessor

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uniprocessor
A single processor. As more and more computers employ multiprocessing architectures, such as SMP and MPP, the term is used to refer to a system that still has only one CPU. Although most desktop computers are uniprocessor systems, it is expected that dual processor systems will become commonplace on the desktop in the coming years.
uniprocessor [′yü·nə‚prä‚ses·ər]
(computer science)
A computer that has a single central processing unit and works sequentially on only one program at a time.
(processor)uniprocessor - (From "uni" - one) A computer with a single central processing unit, in contrast to a parallel processor. Most personal computers are currently (March 1997) uniprocessors. Some more expensive computers, typically servers, have multiple processors to provide increased throughput.

See also symmetric multiprocessor and massively parallel processor.
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54 Papers from a July 2009 conference shed light on recent work on networks and distributed systems, programming languages, uniprocessor scheduling, timing analysis implementation methods, and energy and temperature constrained systems.
Real-time systems (ECRTS 2009); proceedings by SciTech Book News
The only drawback to the UltraSPARC T1 is that it is only available in uniprocessor systems, which limits its vertical scalability in large business networks.
A CPU Revolution - Sun's UltraSPARC T1 and T2 Processors by Tom Kranz / Computers and Internet community
The numbers from Gartner show that Hewlett-Packard is still losing a little market share as it wrestles with absorbing Compaq, but the untold story - and one that Gartner's latest report does not discuss - is that the uniprocessor market that IBM, Dell, and Fujitsu Siemens have pursued very aggressively accounts for a large portion, but certainly not all, of unit sales growth.
Gartner Says Server Market Closed 2003 with a Bang by Morgan, Timothy Prickett / Computergram International
 
 
 
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