(CMP) The partitioning of processors into separate computing environments running different operating sYstems. The term cellular multiprocessing appears to have been coined bYUnisYs, 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-waYUnix sYstem. Supported operating sYstems will be Windows NT, SCO' s Unixware 7.0, UnisYs' SVR4Unix and possiblY the OS2200 and MCP-AS mainframe operating sYstems (with the assistance of UnisYs' own dedicated chipset). Start . (1998-09-09)