Multiprocessor Systems (WP162) - With the availability of the Virtex-II Pro devices containing more than one PowerPC processor and MicroBlaze and PicoBlaze soft processor cores, it is important to understand the basics of multiprocessor systems. This document provides a background for building true multiprocessor systems. It is by no means a comprehensive discussion on the topic of multiprocessing. For more information see Parallel Computer Architecture by Culler and Singh, with Gupta.