cellular multiprocessing
(architecture, parallel)(CMP) The partitioning of
processors into separate computing environments running
different operating systems.
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 TCP/IP.
The Unisys system is based on Intel processors, initially the Pentium II Xeon and moving on to the 64-bit Merced 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 four-processor symmetric multiprocessing system), or an 8-way NT and 8-way Unix system.
Supported operating systems will be Windows NT, SCO's Unixware 7.0, Unisys' SVR4 Unix and possibly the OS2200 and MCP-AS mainframe operating systems (with the assistance of Unisys' own dedicated chipset).
http://marketplace.unisys.com/ent/cmp.html.
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 TCP/IP.
The Unisys system is based on Intel processors, initially the Pentium II Xeon and moving on to the 64-bit Merced 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 four-processor symmetric multiprocessing system), or an 8-way NT and 8-way Unix system.
Supported operating systems will be Windows NT, SCO's Unixware 7.0, Unisys' SVR4 Unix and possibly the OS2200 and MCP-AS mainframe operating systems (with the assistance of Unisys' own dedicated chipset).
http://marketplace.unisys.com/ent/cmp.html.
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CMP
(1) Formerly CMP Media, CMP was acquired by United News and Media in 1999. See UBM.(2) (Cellular MultiProcessing) An earlier multiprocessing architecture for Intel CPUs from Unisys. Providing up to 32 processors that are crossbar connected to 64GB of memory and 96 PCI cards, a CMP system provided mainframe-like architecture using Intel CPUs. CMP supported Windows NT and 2000 Server, AIX, NetWare and UnixWare and could run as one large SMP system or multiple systems with different operating systems. See SMP.
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| A CMP subpod contained four x86 or Itanium CPUs, which connected through a third-level memory cache to the crossbar. Each crossbar supported two subpods, two direct I/O bridges (DIBs) and connected to four memory storage units (MSUs). This diagram shows the four crossbars and all eight subpods that made up a complete CMP system. |
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