Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

cellular multiprocessing
     
         (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}).
     
        {Home (http://www.marketplace.unisys.com/ent/cmp.html)}.
     
        (1998-09-09)