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	Cell-Processor.org - IBM Sony Playstation fast cell processor for PC and laptop
		The Cell is a CPU chip jointly developed by IBM, Toshiba and Sony that is designed for media processing such as in high-definition TV sets.
		The Cell processor is a microprocessor jointly developed by IBM, Toshiba and Sony.
		Cell's die (false-color)While the Cell chip can have a number of different configurations, the basic configuration is composed of one "Power Processor Element" ("PPE") (sometimes called "Processing Element", or "PE"), and multiple "Synergistic Processing Elements" ("SPE").
	www.cell-processor.org (361 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Technology \| Why Cell will get the hard sell
		Cell is, in fact, specifically designed to be deployed throughout the house.
		This digital home of the future depends on the widespread adoption of the Cell processor and there are, as with all things, a number of reasons it could fail.
		Because the processor is so different, it requires programmers to learn a different way of writing software, and it may be that the changeover is simply too difficult for them to master.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/technology/4246569.stm (874 words)

	Real World Technologies - CELL Microprocessor Revisited
		The purpose of these articles on the CELL processor is to provide information to interested parties with the necessary knowledge base to independently comprehend and evaluate the subtleties of CELL's design philosophy, not to promote or denigrate the CELL processor.
		That is, the CELL processor is interesting because it is different, not because the architecture is particularly new or novel.
		While this supposed limitation may not be critical for a processor destined for a game machine, a limitation to 64 or 256 MB of memory would indeed pose severe constraint on those who are interested to use the CELL processor in applications outside of the game console.
	www.realworldtech.com /page.cfm?ArticleID=RWT022805234129 (1007 words)

	Researchers Analyze HPC Potential of Cell Processor
		Though it was designed as the heart of the upcoming Sony PlayStation3 game console, the STI Cell processor has created quite a stir in the computational science community, where the processor's potential as a building block for high performance computers has been widely discussed and speculated upon.
		The paper, "The Potential of the Cell Processor for Scientific Computing," was written by Samuel Williams, Leonid Oliker, Parry Husbands, Shoaib Kamil and Katherine Yelick, of Berkeley Lab's Future Technologies Group and by John Shalf from NERSC.
		Cell, designed by a partnership of Sony, Toshiba, and IBM Cell, is a high performance implementation of software-controlled memory hierarchy in conjunction with the considerable floating point resources that are required for demanding numerical algorithms.
	www.hpcwire.com /hpc/671376.html (702 words)

	Welcome to AnandTech.com [ Article: Understanding the Cell Microprocessor]
		Cell is just as much of a multi-core processor as the upcoming multi-core CPUs from AMD and Intel, the only difference being that Cell's architecture doesn't have an entirely homogeneous set of cores.
		Given that Cell was designed with a high performance per transistor metric in mind, its architecture does serve as somewhat of a blueprint for the technologies that result in the biggest performance gains, at the lowest transistor counts.
		Cell’s SPEs being Altivec/VMX derived is a benefit, which should mean that the ISA is more familiar to developers working on any POWER based architecture, but the approach to development on Cell vs. development on the PC will literally be on opposite ends of the spectrum, with the new Xbox somewhere in between.
	www.anandtech.com /printarticle.aspx?i=2379 (9005 words)

	Real World Technologies - ISSCC 2005: The CELL Microprocessor
		The fundamental idea of the CELL processor project is to reverse this trend and give up the pursuit of single threaded performance, in favor of allocating additional hardware resources to perform parallel computations.
		In the examination of the first implementation of the CELL processor, the theme of the shift in focus from the pursuit of single threaded integer performance to the pursuit of multiply threaded, easily parallelizable multimedia-type performance is repeated throughout.
		Members of the CELL processor family share basic building blocks, and depending on the requirement of the application, specific versions of the CELL processor can be quickly configured and manufactured to meet that need.
	www.realworldtech.com /page.cfm?ArticleID=RWT021005084318 (622 words)

	IEEE Spectrum: Winner: Multimedia Monster (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Because Cell is a combination of general-purpose and multimedia processors, it defies an exact comparison with other upcoming chips, but it's thought to be more powerful than the chips driving competing game systems.
		Cell can calculate at such blazing speed, in part, because it's made up of nine processors on a single chip of silicon, optimized for the kind of real-time calculations needed in today's broadband, media-rich environment.
		With two such massive consumer electronics makers as Toshiba and Sony behind it, Cell is an obvious attempt to control the "digital living room," as technology executives have dubbed their dream of a home where all the media players are intelligent and networked together.
	www.spectrum.ieee.org /jan06/2609 (816 words)

	IGN: PS3 Power: Details on Cell
		Cell is designed to be a scalable processor, meaning that more or fewer cores could be built into a single Cell processor.
		The Power Processor Element (PPE) can best be thought of as a variation of a Power PC processor, though its an entirely new design, intending on "overseeing" the work of the whole Cell processor.
		Cell is claimed to have "10X performance for many applications", which is in line with these numbers.
	ps2.ign.com /articles/585/585865p1.html (1017 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Technology \| PlayStation 3 processor unveiled
		The new processor is set to ignite a fresh battle between Intel and the Cell consortium over which processor sits at the centre of digital products.
		The Cell's specifications suggest the PlayStation 3 will offer a significant boost in graphics capabilities but analysts cautioned that not all the features in a product announcement will find their way into systems.
		IBM said Cell was "OS neutral" and would support multiple operating systems simultaneously but designers would not confirm if Microsoft's Windows was among those tested with the chip.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/technology/4242447.stm (533 words)

	Kutaragi on the Cell Processor - GameDev.Net Discussion Forums
		Cell (multi core architectures) get less warm at higher clock speeds because of their reduced instruction set, it is simply the only way to go as we are running into limitations (too much heat) with the current single core architectures.
		While their technical description of the Cell architecture is more or less correct, that article is completely nuts when it comes to drawing conclusions, and the stuff about where Cell would be useful.
		Sure the cell processor might have applications in the devices you mentioned, but the article is about putting the processor in everyday household appliances.
	www.gamedev.net /community/forums/topic.asp?topic_id=398493 (4191 words)

	Gamasutra - Feature - "A Glimpse Inside the Cell Processor"
		Cell is the beginning of a new family tree for all three companies, and it promises to branch into consumer, computer, and embedded systems for many years to come.
		Cell is based around a single 64-bit PowerPC processor surrounded by eight identical coprocessors.
		Cell's central processor is similar to the current PowerPC 970 chip, although it's not an exact match.
	www.gamasutra.com /features/20060713/turley_01.shtml (574 words)

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		The Cell architecture is like nothing we have ever seen in commodity microprocessors, it is closer in design to multiprocessor vector supercomputers.
		Scaling is just one capability of the Cell architecture but the individual systems are going to be potent enough on their own.
		Cell may be unusual in that given the right type of problem they may actually be able to get close to their maximum computational figure.
	www.blachford.info /computer/Cell/Cell1_v2.html (3840 words)

	alphaWorks : Emerging Topic : Cell Broadband Engine technology
		The IBM Cell Broadband Engine™ (Cell BE) SDK, Version 1.1, is a complete software development environment, including Linux kernel for Cell BE blades, Linux support libraries, tool chains, system simulator, source code for libraries and samples, and a new, fully-integrated installation.
		Cell Broadband Engine resource center: The developerWorks Cell Broadband Engine Resource Center provides resource for all things Cell BE including articles on the technology, daily news on the processor and links to CBEA forums.
		Maximizing the power of the Cell BE processor: 25 tips for optimal application performance: Unlike conventional processors, the Cell BE processor enables performance at nearly the theoretical maximum for real applications.
	www.alphaworks.ibm.com /topics/cell (556 words)

	PC World - IBM, Sony, Toshiba Unveil Nine-Core Cell Processor
		Cell is expected to be the chip used in Sony's PlayStation 3 gaming console, and its performance should reach ten times the capability of current PC processors, the companies said.
		The processor shown Monday was only a prototype, and it's likely that the high-volume shipments of the processor will come when the three companies are ready to make chips using a 65-nanometer processing technology, Glaskowsky said.
		Cell is primarily designed for digital-home applications, but the chip can be used with a wide variety of programming models and could conceivably wind up in any number of systems, Kahle said.
	www.pcworld.com /article/id,119602/article.html (1006 words)

	Cell Processor - PlayStation 3 News - QJ.NET
		The CELL BE, also known as a "supercomputer on a chip," is a processor with one main CPU, aided by seven other processing entities that can be dedicated to a certain task.
		The CELL Broadband Engine may be best known for bringing unparalleled performance on the PlayStation 3 console, but it is also employed for various medical and military uses.
		The PS3's Cell processor is slated for a demonstration at this year's NAB in Las Vegas, Nevada.
	ps3.qj.net /category/Cell-Processor/cid/1087 (2654 words)

	Cell microprocessor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Cell is a microprocessor architecture jointly developed by a Sony, Toshiba, and IBM alliance known as STI.
		Cell combines a general-purpose Power Architecture core of modest performance with streamlined coprocessing elements which greatly accelerate multimedia and vector processing applications, as well as many other forms of dedicated computation.
		The EIB is a communication bus internal to the Cell processor which connects the various on-chip system elements: the PPE processor, the memory controller (MIC), the eight SPE coprocessors, and two off-chip I/O interfaces, for a total of 12 participants.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cell_(microprocessor) (4292 words)

	developerWorks : Cell Broadband Engine resource center
		Cell BE in the news: Sony unveils games for PS3; "Roadrunner" supercomputer may use up to 16,000 Cell processors; Terra Soft Solutions will build supercomputers out of PS3s; and more.
		Cell Broadband Engine CMOS SOI 10KE hardware initialization guide: Learn the sequences for initializing a Cell BE CMOS SOI 10KE processor, from Power-On Reset (POR) through calibration of the memory and I/O interfaces and the PowerPC Processor Element (PPE) firmware.
		Cell BE Linux kernel update: This bug fix upgrade is only necessary for those using both Infiniband and the second Gigabit Ethernet interface.
	www-128.ibm.com /developerworks/power/cell (456 words)

	A glimpse inside the Cell processor
		Cell is the beginning of a new family tree for all three companies, and it promises to branch into consumer, computer and embedded systems for many years to come.
		Cell is an insanely complex chip with about 250 million transistors that runs at more than 4GHz.
		Cell's central processor is similar to the current PowerPC 970 chip, although it's not an exact match.
	www.eetasia.com /ART_8800425646_499495_d9f68634200607.HTM (1491 words)

	EETimes.com - Cell: the start of something big?
		Cell promises to be the biggest, baddest new chip on the block.
		Cell is interesting in part because it's an embedded processor.
		The eight vector processors are fairly routine for a graphics-enabled device.
	www.eetimes.com /news/latest/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=60403394 (844 words)

	Cell Broadband Engine (BE) Processor Solutions
		Cell BE ProcessorRequest More Information About CellProductsPress ReleasesLiteratureWebcastsDemoTrainingAbout MercuryAbout IBM
		Mercury has been recognized for the development of a coprocessor acceleration system based on the Cell BE processor to be used initially in electronic design automation (EDA) solutions.
		Course: Cell BE Processor Programming Using Mercury's MultiCore Framework
	www.mc.com /cell (286 words)

	Cell Processor Unveiled - Xbox
		Cell's breakthrough multi-core architecture and ultra high-speed communications capabilities deliver vastly improved, real-time response for entertainment and rich media applications, in many cases 10 times the performance of the latest PC processors.
		Another advantage of Cell is to support multiple operating systems, such as conventional operating systems (including Linux), real-time operating systems for computer entertainment and consumer electronics applications as well as guest operating systems for specific applications, simultaneously.
		Cell is a breakthrough architectural design -- featuring eight synergistic processors and top clock speeds of greater than 4 GHz (as measured during initial hardware testing)
	news.teamxbox.com /xbox/7606/Cell-Processor-Unveiled (547 words)

	Multicore "Cell" processor targets consumer electronics, supercomputers
		Cell is said to implement a "flexible parallel and distributed computing architecture" that includes independent floating point processors for rich media processing.
		Cell can integrate between four and 16 processor cores into a single chip, according to reports.
		At the high end, Cell chips should be capable of more than a trillion floating point calculations per second, or about 100 times more than a Pentium IV running at 2.4Ghz.
	www.linuxdevices.com /news/NS4769783616.html (652 words)

	The Cell chip - what it is, and why you should care \| The Register
		Technical details of Cell will be disclosed at the International Solid State Circuits Conference in San Francisco next week, and in anticipation we'll look first at how the Cell works and then tomorrow at what it means to the industry and consumers.
		The 'cell' which gives the chip its name doesn't refer to the hardware, but to a virtual clump of software which roams the system looking for computing resources.
		If Cell fulfills its promise, Intel is facing its greatest challenge since the turn of the 1990s, when RISC processors seemed to be extending an unbeatable performance lead, and when Microsoft was porting Windows NT to every RISC platform it could: MIPS, Alpha and PowerPC.
	www.theregister.co.uk /2005/02/01/cell_analysis_part_one (1182 words)

	IBM's CELL Processor: Preview to Greatness? - PCSTATS.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		As we mentioned, the prototype Cell processor is composed of a single 64-bit RISC PowerPC processor and eight SPE 32-bit units.
		The prototype Cell processor ran at 4GHz, and according to IBM, is capable of a theoretical maximum of 256Gflops, thus placing it instantly at the forefront of potential multi-chip supercomputer designs of the future.
		As each SPE component is a subordinate part of the whole Cell processor, they can dispense with a lot of the complex instruction queuing logic that a typical modern single processor computer needs.
	www.pcstats.com /articleview.cfm?articleID=1727 (708 words)

	Macworld: News: IBM, Sony, Toshiba unveil nine-core Cell processor
		Cell is expected to be the chip used in Sony's PlayStation 3 gaming console, and its performance should reach 10 times the capability of current PC processors, the companies said.
		Cell is capable of running at more than 4.5GHz, but the companies have not determined how fast the final product will run.
		With Cell capable of handling 10 instruction threads at a given time, the chip needs extremely fast memory and I/O buses to ensure the processing engine is continuously fueled with data, Warmke said.
	www.macworld.com /news/2005/02/07/celldetails/index.php (1002 words)

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		Initially designed for the PlayStation 3, Sony, Toshiba and IBM's new Cell processor promises seemingly obscene computing capabilities for what will rapidly become a very low price.
		The Cell was revealed at ISSCC in February 2005 and since then a great deal of information has been revealed about the final architecture in various articles, papers and interviews.
		This new version has been almost completely rewritten to cover the Cell as it is today.
	www.blachford.info /computer/Cell/Cell0_v2.html (202 words)

	PlayStation 3 Cell chip aims high \| Tech News on ZDNet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Cells can even roam over a network, allowing the processor to perform a type of distributed or grid computing, an increasingly popular enterprise technique in which demanding tasks are divvied up among a gang of networked computers.
		Cell also implements a number of on-the-chip security measures, mostly aimed at preventing unauthorized copying or distribution of copyright content, Halfhill said.
		Such functions typically are handled by software that sits on top of the chip, but Cell bakes security into the silicon with innovations such as a memory design that allocates memory into secure chunks.
	news.zdnet.com /2100-9584_22-5563803.html (971 words)

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