'''Sequent Computer Systems''', or '''Sequent''', was a computer company that designed and manufactured [[multiprocessing]] [[computer system]]s. They were among the pioneers in high-performance [[symmetric multiprocessing]] (SMP) [[Open system (computing)|open systems]], innovating in both hardware (e.g. [[cache]] management and [[interrupt]] handling) and software (e.g. [[read-copy-update]]). | '''Sequent Computer Systems''', or '''Sequent''', was a computer company that designed and manufactured [[multiprocessing]] [[computer system]]s. They were among the pioneers in high-performance [[symmetric multiprocessing]] (SMP) [[Open system (computing)|open systems]], innovating in both hardware (e.g. [[cache]] management and [[interrupt]] handling) and software (e.g. [[read-copy-update]]). |