Commercial Symmetric Multiprocessors


  • Intel
  • Convex
    • Exemplar (Set of Slides)
    • Michielse, P. Programming the Convex Exemplar Series SPP system. Parallel Scientific Computing. First International Workshop, PARA '94. Proceedings. Lyngby, Denmark, 20-23 June 1994). Edited by: Dongarra, J.; Wasniewski, J. Berlin, Germany: Springer-Verlag, 1994. p. 374-82.
  • Cray Research
  • Digitial Equipment Corporation ( System Info
  • Encore
    • Infinity 90
    • Gigamax
    • MultiMax
    • Bell, C.G. Burkhart III, H.B., Emmerich, S., Anzelmo, A., and et al, The Encore Continuum: a complete distributed work station-multiprocessor computing environment, AFIPS Conference Proceedings: 1985 National Computer Conference. IL, USA, 15-18 July 1985. Edited by: Wojcik, A.S. Reston, VA, USA: AFIPS Press, 1985. p. 147-55.
    • Schanin, D.J., The design and development of a very high speed system bus-the Encore Multimax Nanobus, 1986 Proceedings of the Fall Joint Computer Conference (Cat. No.86CH2345-7). Dallas, TX, USA, 2-6 Nov. 1986). Edited by: Stone, H.S. Washington, DC, USA: IEEE Comput. Soc. Press, 1986. p. 410-18.
  • Hewlett-Packard
  • IBM
  • Sequent
  • Silicon Graphics
    • Power Challenge
    • Power Challenge (Techical Report)
    • Challenge XL
    • Galles, M.; Williams, E. Performance optimizations, implementation, and verification of the SGI Challenge multiprocessor. Proceedings of the Twenty-Seventh Hawaii Internation Conference on System Sciences Vol. I: Architecture, Wailea, HI, USA, 4-7 Jan. 1994, Edited by: Mudge, T.N.; Shriver, B.D. Los Alamitos, CA, USA: IEEE Comput. Soc. Press, 1994. p. 134-43.
    • Power Series
  • Sun Microsystems
  • Tandem
  • KSR
  • AT&T / NCR