Cell Processor

Ars Technica article on IBM's Octopiler

calin - cell@raw.net — Sun, 26 Feb 2006 02:09:00 GMT

All afternoon I've been slogging through IBM's 25-page paper on their newly released Octopiler, and now things are clearer to me. See, Cell's greatest strength is that there's a lot of hardware on that chip. And Cell's greatest weakness is that there's a lot of hardware on that chip.

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An interview with the compiler

calin - cell@raw.net — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 12:28:00 GMT

Got questions about optimizing code for the Cell Broadband Engine� (Cell BE) processor? Questions like, when to inline? When to insert an ifetch--and when to inline an ifetch (and what IS an ifetch?) And where do no-ops go? These questions and many others will be addressed in this exclusive Q and A session.

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Five Cell Tutorials

calin - cell@raw.net — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 12:28:00 GMT

This five-part tutorial series helps you understand the Cell Broadband Engine architecture and provides a basic grasp of its programming issues. Learn the processor from the compiler writer's perspective. See all five parts:

* Part 1: A bird's-eye view

* Part 2: Optimizing code

* Part 3: SIMDization

* Part 4: Partition magic

* Part 5: Data management

IBM Unveils Revolutionary Cell Broadband Engine Computer

calin - cell@raw.net — Wed, 08 Feb 2006 06:49:00 GMT

NEW YORK, NY - 08 Feb 2006: At a press conference in New York today, IBM� introduced a blade computing system based on the Cell Broadband Engine� (Cell BE). The IBM branded Cell BE-based system is designed for businesses that need the dense computing power and unique capabilities of the Cell BE processor to tackle tasks involving graphic-intensive, numeric applications.

New IBM Blade Computers Speed Business Data up to Ten Times Faster

calin - cell@raw.net — Wed, 08 Feb 2006 06:48:00 GMT

NEW YORK, NY - 08 Feb 2006: IBM today introduced powerful new blade computing systems that enable data to travel up to 10 times faster than previously possible across corporate networks.

The revolutionary new high-performance systems, called IBM BladeCenter H, increase the bandwidth of tiny blade computers, providing businesses up to 10 times the capacity to move data across their networks. The processing breakthrough, made possible by IBM Research, increases the internal capability of the new system by delivering more than 40 Gigabits (Gb) of I/O bandwidth to every blade server.

Feb. 6 News Roundup

calin - cell@raw.net — Mon, 06 Feb 2006 07:28:00 GMT

Sony exec touts Cell processor for real-time tasks
Real-time computing will bring a paradigm shift for both the PC and semiconductor industries, according to Ken Kutaragi, plenary speaker at the International Solid State Circuits Conference here Monday (Feb. 6).

Get started with the Cell Broadband Engine Software Development Kit, Part 3: Targeting Cell BE
Take a closer look at XL C Alpha, a part of the Cell Broadband Engine� (Cell BE) SDK. Learn more about user directives, how to hint to the compiler that a given loop should run on the SPE, writing SPE-specific code, and more.

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Using Cell: a modest proposal

calin - cell@raw.net — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 12:08:00 GMT

IBM's cell processor is absurdly fast now and the rewards to making it smaller are disportionate to current performance because its grid-on-a-chip design is fundamentally all about reducing the power and time costs of distance.

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Mercury Computer Systems Introduces the First Rugged Cell BE Processor-Based Computer - the PowerBlock 200

calin - cell@raw.net — Fri, 20 Jan 2006 09:16:00 GMT

Unprecedented Processing Density to Propel Digital Battlefield Applications from the Research Laboratory to Networked Land-Mobile Vehicles

LONG BEACH, Calif., Jan. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: MRCY) announced the introduction of the PowerBlock(TM) 200 -- the third member of its Cell Broadband Engine(TM) (BE) processor-based family of hardware products, and the first rugged device designed with the Cell BE processor. The PowerBlock 200 product plan was unveiled during an exclusive reception at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, California, prior to the opening of the Bus & Board Conference at which Mercury is exhibiting and co-presenting the [more ...]

Cell chip revolution

calin - cell@raw.net — Sat, 14 Jan 2006 11:41:00 GMT

IBM's radical Cell processor, to debut in Sony's PlayStation 3, could reshape entertainment and spark the next high-tech boom.

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IBM, Sony, Toshiba Broaden and Extend Successful Semiconductor Technology Alliance

calin - cell@raw.net — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 08:52:00 GMT

Agreement Now Includes Early-Stage Research on Critical Emerging Technologies Targeted at 32 Nanometer (nm) Generation and Beyond

TOKYO, JAPAN & ARMONK, NY - 12 Jan 2006: IBM, Sony Corporation and Toshiba today announced they have begun a new, five-year phase of their joint technology development alliance.

As part of this broad semiconductor research and development alliance, the three companies will work together on fundamental research related to advanced process technologies at 32 nanometers and beyond. The agreement will help enable the three companies to more rapidly investigate, identify and commercialize new technologies for consumer and other applications.

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