Cell Broadband Engine PPE

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The Cell Broadband Engine PPE (Power Processing Element) is the general-purpose, PowerPC-based core of the Cell processor that coordinates and manages workloads for its specialized synergistic processing elements.

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Cell Broadband Engine PPE canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf PowerPC-based processor core
microprocessor core
abbreviation PPE
architectureFamily PowerPC
belongsTo heterogeneous multi-core architecture
coDevelopedBy IBM
Sony
Toshiba
coordinates SPEs
Synergistic Processing Elements
designedFor Cell Broadband Engine
surface form: Cell Broadband Engine architecture
fullName Synergistic Processing Element
surface form: Power Processing Element
function dispatches tasks to SPEs
handles system management
runs general-purpose application code
runs operating system
hasComponent L1 cache
L2 cache
instructionSetArchitecture PowerPC
surface form: PowerPC ISA
introducedWith first-generation Cell Broadband Engine
manufacturer IBM
marketedBy IBM
Sony
surface form: Sony Computer Entertainment

Toshiba
surface form: Toshiba Corporation
partOf Cell Broadband Engine
role control processor
coordination of workloads
general-purpose core
management of Synergistic Processing Elements
supports 64-bit computing
usedIn IBM QS20 blade server
surface form: IBM Cell-based servers

Sony PlayStation 3
surface form: Sony PlayStation 3 Cell processor

Toshiba
surface form: Toshiba Cell-based devices

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AltiVec usedIn Cell Broadband Engine PPE
VMX usedIn Cell Broadband Engine PPE