PPE
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PPE is the Power Processing Element, a general-purpose 64-bit core that serves as the central controller in the Cell Broadband Engine architecture.
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Power Processing Element
ⓘ
microprocessor core ⓘ |
| architecture | Cell Broadband Engine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | PowerPC architecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bitWidth | 64-bit ⓘ |
| cacheType |
L1 data cache
ⓘ
L1 instruction cache ⓘ L2 cache ⓘ |
| clockFrequencyRange | approximately 3.0 GHz (in PS3 implementation) ⓘ |
| componentOf | Cell Broadband Engine microarchitecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| controls |
SPE
ⓘ
Synergistic Processing Elements NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coordinates | data transfer between main memory and SPE local stores ⓘ |
| coreCount | 1 ⓘ |
| cpuType | general-purpose core ⓘ |
| designedBy |
IBM
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sony NERFINISHED ⓘ Toshiba NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designedFor | heterogeneous multicore processing ⓘ |
| fullName | Power Processing Element NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| function |
handles operating system tasks
ⓘ
runs general-purpose application code ⓘ schedules tasks on SPEs ⓘ |
| handles |
I/O control
ⓘ
interrupt handling ⓘ system management ⓘ |
| instructionSetArchitecture | PowerPC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| introducedWith | first-generation Cell processor ⓘ |
| marketedBy |
IBM
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sony Computer Entertainment NERFINISHED ⓘ Toshiba Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pipelineType | in-order pipeline ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
game consoles
ⓘ
high-performance computing systems ⓘ |
| programmingModel | runs conventional C/C++ code ⓘ |
| role |
central controller
ⓘ
control processor ⓘ |
| supports |
64-bit integer operations
ⓘ
floating-point operations ⓘ simultaneous multithreading ⓘ |
| threadCount | 2 hardware threads ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Cell Broadband Engine processor
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
PlayStation 3 main processor ⓘ |
| vendorFamily | IBM Power family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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