Programming Techniques for the Cell Processor

Christoph Kessler

doi:10.1524/itit.2011.0627

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Programming Techniques for the Cell Processor

Christoph Kessler

Published/Copyright: March 15, 2011

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Abstract

Cell Broadband Engine is a heterogeneous multicore processor designed mainly for applications in scientific computing, graphics, and gaming with high performance requirements. We give an overview of its architecture, review some selected development tools and programming frameworks, and describe techniques for writing efficient programs for Cell.

Zusammenfassung

Cell Broadband Engine ist ein heterogener Mehrkern-Prozessor, der insbesondere für Anwendungen im wissenschaftlichen Rechnen, Computergraphik und -spiele mit hohem Leistungsbedarf konzipiert wurde. Wir geben einen kurzen Überblick über die Architektur von Cell und einige ausgewählte Entwicklungsumgebungen und Programmiersysteme, und beschreiben Techniken zur Erstellung effizienter Programme für Cell.

Keywords: parallel programming; Cell Broadband Engine; heterogeneous multicore processor

^* Correspondence address: Linköping University, Dept. of Computer and Information Science, 58183 Linköping, Schweden, christoph.kessler@liu.se

Published Online: 2011-03-15

Published in Print: 2011-03

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Keywords for this article

parallel programming; Cell Broadband Engine; heterogeneous multicore processor