Cell Broadband Engine PPE
E216073
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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cell Broadband Engine PPE canonical | 2 |
Statements (33)
| 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
|
Referenced by (2)
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