Sp2

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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  SP2
       
          {SP/2}
       
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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  SP/2
       
          Scalable POWERparallel 2.
       
          A line of {RISC}-based processors from {IBM} using {symmetric
          multi-processing}.  SP/2 replaced SP/1.
       
          The SP2 is a classical {MPP} design, based on a {Shared
          Nothing} architecture.  The SP2 is an example of the
          {Distributed Memory Processor} (DMP) parallel model, with
          individual nodes interconnected over a {LAN}, or a
          High-Performance Switch (HPS).  SP2 systems can have from 2 to
          512 nodes.  Each node is a {RISC system/6000} running {IBM}'s
          {AIX} {operating system}.
       
          The SP2 supports applications in both technical and commercial
          environments.  In terms of commercial applications, the SP2 is
          typically being used in support of, {MIS}/{DSS} including
          {data mining}, {business applications} e.g. {SAP}, {Alternative
          Mainframe}/{Mainframe Offload}, {LAN Server Consolidation}.
       
          (1995-03-07)