Element Interconnect Bus

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The Element Interconnect Bus is a high-speed internal communication network in the Cell Broadband Engine architecture that links its processing elements and memory controllers to enable efficient parallel data transfer.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf computer bus
on-chip network
abbreviation EIB
architectureType ring-based interconnect
associatedWith heterogeneous multi-core architecture
bandwidthCharacteristic very high aggregate bandwidth
communicationType synchronous data transfer
connects I/O controllers
Power Processing Element
Synergistic Processing Elements NERFINISHED
Synergistic Processing Units NERFINISHED
memory controllers
dataTransferMode packet-based
designedFor parallel data transfer
developedBy IBM NERFINISHED
enables data transfer between PPE and SPEs
data transfer between SPEs and main memory
efficient parallel processing
location on-chip
partOf Cell Broadband Engine NERFINISHED
purpose link processing elements and memory controllers
role central communication fabric in Cell processor
scope intra-processor interconnect
supports high-bandwidth communication
low-latency communication
topology bidirectional ring
usedFor high-performance computing applications based on Cell
usedIn IBM Cell Broadband Engine implementations NERFINISHED
Sony PlayStation 3 Cell processor NERFINISHED

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Cell Broadband Engine hasComponent Element Interconnect Bus