LONDON — Despite moves by Intel Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. to bring their dual and four-core processors into embedded applications, there is a sense that some of the companies that ...

DDC has updated its MIL-STD-1553 and ARINC-429 software development kits with support for SMP (symmetric multiprocessing) under the latest Linux operating system. SMP can increase the performance of ...

Dive into how symmetric multiprocessing (SMP), and asymmetric multiprocessing (ASMP), often referred to as virtualization, or hypervisor technology, can improve your machine controller. The continuous ...

Mulltiprocessor (MP) and multicore System-on-Chip architectures are now beginning to be employed in a wide range of embedded consumer and communications systems. They are perceived as a way to enhance ...

WILSONVILLE, Ore., April 22, 2010 - Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ: MENT) today announced the Mentor Embedded™ Nucleus® SMP (Symmetric Multiprocessing) technology and support for the Multicore ...

Apple Computer (AAPL) will give its servers a needed boost in processing power while also showcasing the first dual-processor, symmetric multiprocessing 200-MHz 604e systems this week. The 700/200 ...

Over at GeekNet, R. Colin Johnson writes that while the new Intel MIC architecture poses some parallel programming challenges, Intel is working with ScaleMP to make this transition nearly painless.

VMware at its first user conference announced it will introduce a four-way virtual symmetric multiprocessing server architecture. Called 4-Way VMware Virtual SMP, the virtual machine architecture will ...

Has your system's database become enormous? Are you having to add more users to the system than you anticipated? Is your application beginning to perform like a subcompact towing a trailer uphill?

Though the use of multiple processors has grown in recent years, multiprocessor computers are more than 30 years old. Since this time, their capabilities have evolved as much as their implementation.