Patent US 8,656,129

An aggregate symmetric multiprocessor (SMP) data processing system includes a first SMP computer including at least first and second processing units and a first system memory pool and a second SMP computer including at least third and fourth processing units and second and third system memory pools. The second system memory pool is a restricted access memory pool inaccessible to the fourth processing unit and accessible to at least the second and third processing units, and the third system memory pool is accessible to both the third and fourth processing units. An interconnect couples the second processing unit in the first SMP computer for load-store coherent, ordered access to the second system memory pool in the second SMP computer, such that the second processing unit in the first SMP computer and the second system memory pool in the second SMP computer form a synthetic third SMP computer.