A multiple processor computing apparatus includes a physical interconnect
structure that is flexibly configurable to support selective segregation
of classified and unclassified users. The physical interconnect structure
includes routers in service or compute processor boards distributed in an
array of cabinets connected in series on each board and to respective
routers in neighboring row cabinet boards with the routers in series
connection coupled to routers in series connection in respective
neighboring column cabinet boards. The array can include disconnect
cabinets or respective routers in all boards in each cabinet connected in
a toroid. The computing apparatus can include an emulator which permits
applications from the same job to be launched on processors that use
different operating systems.