1.increase throughput
2.Economy of scale
3. Increased reliability
Multiprocessors offer improved performance by allowing tasks to be executed in parallel, leading to faster processing speeds. They also provide scalability, as additional processors can be added to increase computing power as needed. Multiprocessors can enhance reliability and fault-tolerance, as tasks can be distributed across multiple processors to prevent system failures.
Daniel Sladic has written: 'Exploiting low-latency communication in single-chip multiprocessors'
Keith I. Farkas has written: 'A decentralized hierarchical cache-consistency scheme for shared-memory multiprocessors'
G. Gupta has written: 'Multiprocessor execution of logic programs' -- subject(s): Logic programming, Multiprocessors
Clyde P. Kruskal has written: 'Efficient synchronization on multiprocessors with shared memory' -- subject(s): Accessible book
Pin-Yee Chen has written: 'Multiprocessor systems' -- subject(s): Memory hierarchy (Computer science), Multiprocessors
Chae Young Shin has written: 'A comparison of task scheduling algorithms on multicomputers' -- subject(s): Multiprocessors, Algorithms
Erhard Rahm has written: 'Synchronisation in Mehrrechner-Datenbanksystemen' -- subject(s): Multiprocessors, Database management 'Data Integration in the Life Sciences'
Steven R. Seidel has written: 'Global synchronization algorithms for the Intel iPSC/860' -- subject(s): Multiprocessors, Synchronization
Charles Tong has written: 'Ordered fast Fourier transforms on a massively parallel hypercube multiprocessor' -- subject- s -: Fourier transformations, Multiprocessors
Patricia J. Teller has written: 'TLB consistency on highly-parallel shared-memory multiprocessors' -- subject(s): Accessible book
Gwang-Myung Kim has written: 'Architectural support for multithreading on a 4-way multiprocessor' -- subject(s): Parallel processing (Electronic computers), Multiprocessors
Multiprocessors have a single physical address space (memory) shared by all the CPUs whereas multicomputers have one physical address space per CPU Multiprocessors have a single physical address space (memory) shared by all the CPUs whereas multicomputers have one physical address space per CPU