How does Google Chrome control/contain multiple processes?

Question

How does Google Chrome command and control multiple cross platform processes and provide a shared window / rendering area?

Any insights?

Answer 1

I say wait for the source to be released ;)

Update

Its here

Answer 2

The source is online at http://src.chromium.org/svn/trunk/src/chrome/...

Answer 3

I guess I've got some reading to do. I had no idea there was source available already.

http://code.google.com/chromium/

Answer 4

There is a document called Multi-process Architecture on the Chromium developer site. It might be a good starting place.