[ noun ] a computer that uses two or more processing units under integrated control <noun.artifact>
The series includes at the top of the line an eight-way multiprocessor with three times the power of any previous Amdahl mainframe. This premium machine also will be the first IBM-compatible system to use eight central processing units.
In addition, Compaq introduced a new high-end multiprocessor PC server, the Systempro/XL, which the company claims is the world's fastest computer of its type.
The restructuring made producing Elxsi's multiprocessor computer systems the company's principal focus.
Sequent's multiprocessor computers combine as many as 30 Intel Corp.