SPEs
E773936
SPEs (Synergistic Processing Elements) are specialized co-processors in the Cell Broadband Engine architecture designed to handle intensive parallel and vector computations alongside the main Power Processing Element.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| SPEs canonical | 1 |
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Synergistic Processing Element
ⓘ
vector processing unit ⓘ |
| abbreviationOf | Synergistic Processing Elements NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| architectureType | RISC-like ⓘ |
| cannotDirectlyAccess | system memory ⓘ |
| communicatesVia | Element Interconnect Bus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cooperatesWith | Power Processing Element NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designedFor |
intensive parallel computations
ⓘ
vector computations ⓘ |
| era | mid-2000s heterogeneous multicore processors ⓘ |
| executionModel | SIMD ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
explicit memory management
ⓘ
high memory bandwidth via DMA ⓘ limited local store size ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
128-bit SIMD engine
ⓘ
DMA controller ⓘ Synergistic Processing Unit NERFINISHED ⓘ local store ⓘ register file ⓘ |
| introducedBy |
IBM
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sony NERFINISHED ⓘ Toshiba NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memoryModel | local store memory ⓘ |
| optimizedFor |
data-parallel workloads
ⓘ
multimedia processing ⓘ scientific computing ⓘ signal processing ⓘ |
| partOf | Cell Broadband Engine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryDataAccess | DMA transfers GENERATED ⓘ |
| programmedWith |
C language extensions
ⓘ
intrinsics for SIMD operations ⓘ |
| supports |
integer SIMD operations
ⓘ
single-precision floating point operations ⓘ |
| targetedBy |
3D graphics processing
ⓘ
game physics engines ⓘ high-performance computing applications ⓘ media codecs ⓘ |
| usedIn |
IBM QS20 blade server
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
IBM QS21 blade server NERFINISHED ⓘ IBM QS22 blade server NERFINISHED ⓘ PlayStation 3 Cell processor NERFINISHED ⓘ Toshiba SpursEngine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| worksAlongside | Power Processing Element NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
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