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I don't know what much of this means in real world terms but here's a
breakdown of what the Core chip is:
SUMMARY:
a.. Cell is a breakthrough architectural design -- featuring 8 Synergistic
Processing Units (SPU) with Power-based core, with top clock speeds
exceeding 4 GHz (as measured during initial laboratory testing).
b.. Cell is OS neutral - supporting multiple operating systems
simultaneously
Cell is a multicore chip comprising 8 SPUs and a 64-bit Power processor
core capable of massive floating point processing
c.. Special circuit techniques, rules for modularity and reuse, customized
clocking structures, and unique power and thermal management concepts were
applied to optimize the design
CELL is a Multi-Core Architecture
a.. Contains 8 SPUs each containing a 128 entry 128-bit register file and
256KB Local Store
b.. Contains 64-bit Power ArchitectureTM with VMX that is a dual thread
SMT design - views system memory as a 10-way coherent threaded machine
c.. 2.5MB of on Chip memory (512KB L2 and 8 * 256KB)
d.. 234 million transistors
e.. Prototype die size of 221mm²
f.. Fabricated with 90nanometer (nm) SOI process technology
g.. Cell is a modular architecture and floating point calculation
capabilities can be adjusted by increasing or reducing the number of SPUs
CELL is a Broadband Architecture
a.. Compatible with 64b Power Architecture
b.. SPU is a RISC architecture with SIMD organization and Local Store
c.. 128+ concurrent transactions to memory per processor
d.. High speed internal element interconnect bus performing at 96B/cycle
CELL is a Real-Time Architecture
a.. Resource allocation (for Bandwidth Management)
b.. Locking caches (via Replacement Management Tables)
c.. Virtualization support with real time response characteristics across
multiple operating systems running simultaneously
CELL is Security Enabled Architecture
a.. SPUs dynamically configurable as secure processors for flexible
security programming
CELL is a Confluence of New Technologies
a.. Virtualization techniques to support conventional and real time
applications
b.. Autonomic power management features
c.. Resource management for real time human interaction
d.. Smart memory flow controllers (DMA) to sustain bandwidth
I got this info at http://tinyurl.com/6vwgo
JLC
I don't know what much of this means in real world terms but here's a
breakdown of what the Core chip is:
SUMMARY:
a.. Cell is a breakthrough architectural design -- featuring 8 Synergistic
Processing Units (SPU) with Power-based core, with top clock speeds
exceeding 4 GHz (as measured during initial laboratory testing).
b.. Cell is OS neutral - supporting multiple operating systems
simultaneously
Cell is a multicore chip comprising 8 SPUs and a 64-bit Power processor
core capable of massive floating point processing
c.. Special circuit techniques, rules for modularity and reuse, customized
clocking structures, and unique power and thermal management concepts were
applied to optimize the design
CELL is a Multi-Core Architecture
a.. Contains 8 SPUs each containing a 128 entry 128-bit register file and
256KB Local Store
b.. Contains 64-bit Power ArchitectureTM with VMX that is a dual thread
SMT design - views system memory as a 10-way coherent threaded machine
c.. 2.5MB of on Chip memory (512KB L2 and 8 * 256KB)
d.. 234 million transistors
e.. Prototype die size of 221mm²
f.. Fabricated with 90nanometer (nm) SOI process technology
g.. Cell is a modular architecture and floating point calculation
capabilities can be adjusted by increasing or reducing the number of SPUs
CELL is a Broadband Architecture
a.. Compatible with 64b Power Architecture
b.. SPU is a RISC architecture with SIMD organization and Local Store
c.. 128+ concurrent transactions to memory per processor
d.. High speed internal element interconnect bus performing at 96B/cycle
CELL is a Real-Time Architecture
a.. Resource allocation (for Bandwidth Management)
b.. Locking caches (via Replacement Management Tables)
c.. Virtualization support with real time response characteristics across
multiple operating systems running simultaneously
CELL is Security Enabled Architecture
a.. SPUs dynamically configurable as secure processors for flexible
security programming
CELL is a Confluence of New Technologies
a.. Virtualization techniques to support conventional and real time
applications
b.. Autonomic power management features
c.. Resource management for real time human interaction
d.. Smart memory flow controllers (DMA) to sustain bandwidth
I got this info at http://tinyurl.com/6vwgo
JLC
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