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Guide to Cell Br oadband Engine Pr ogramming Documentation Version 1.0 August 2008.
© Copyright Sony Computer Entertainmen t Inc., 2008 All Rights Reserved “SONY” and “ ” are registered trademarks of Sony Corporation. Cell Broadband Engine is a trademark of Sony Computer En tertainment, Inc. Other company, product and service names may be trademarks or service marks of others.
Guide to Cell/B.E. Programming Documentation © 2008 Sony Computer Entertainment I nc. All Rights Reserved. Version 1.0, August 2008 Page 3 of 16 Guide to Cell Broadband Engine Pr ogramming Documentati on Introduction This Guide is designed to help you navigate the progr amming documentation for the Cell Broadband Engine™ (Cell/B.
Guide to Cell/B.E. Programming Documentation Version 1.0, August 2008 © 2008 Sony Computer E ntertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved. Page 4 of 16 The PPE ( Figure 1 and Figure 2) is a general-purpose, 64-bit PowerPC RIS C processor that runs the operating system(s) for all applications and external interfaces on the Cell/B.
Guide to Cell/B.E. Programming Documentation © 2008 Sony Computer Entertainment I nc. All Rights Reserved. Version 1.0, August 2008 Page 5 of 16 General Conventions of Microproc essor and Cell/B.E. Documentation The Cell/B.E. documentation set, in gene ral, observes industry-wide conventions with respect to microprocessor documentation.
Guide to Cell/B.E. Programming Documentation Version 1.0, August 2008 © 2008 Sony Computer E ntertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved. Page 6 of 16 Introductory Documents CBE Programming Tutorial Cell Broadband Engin e Public Information and Downloads http://cell.
Guide to Cell/B.E. Programming Documentation © 2008 Sony Computer Entertainment I nc. All Rights Reserved. Version 1.0, August 2008 Page 7 of 16 CBE Programming Handbook Cell Broadband Engin e Public Information and Downloads http://cell.scei.co.jp/e_download.
Guide to Cell/B.E. Programming Documentation Version 1.0, August 2008 © 2008 Sony Computer E ntertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved. Page 8 of 16 General Cell/B.E. Programming Documents CBE Registers Cell Broadband Engin e Public Information and Downloads http://cell.
Guide to Cell/B.E. Programming Documentation © 2008 Sony Computer Entertainment I nc. All Rights Reserved. Version 1.0, August 2008 Page 9 of 16 C/C++ Language Extensions for CBE Architecture Cell Broadband Engin e Public Information and Downloads http://cell.
Guide to Cell/B.E. Programming Documentation Version 1.0, August 2008 © 2008 Sony Computer E ntertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved. Page 10 of 16 SIMD Math Library Specification for CBE Arc hitecture Cell Broadband Engin e Public Information and Downloads http://cell.
Guide to Cell/B.E. Programming Documentation © 2008 Sony Computer Entertainment I nc. All Rights Reserved. Version 1.0, August 2008 Page 11 of 16 PPE Programming Documents PowerPC Microprocessor Family: The Progr amming Environments Manual for 64-Bit Microprocessors Cell Broadband Engin e Public Information and Downloads http://cell.
Guide to Cell/B.E. Programming Documentation Version 1.0, August 2008 © 2008 Sony Computer E ntertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved. Page 12 of 16 PowerPC ™ Microprocessor Fam ily: Vector/SIMD Multimedia Extens ion Technology Programming Environments Manual Cell Broadband Engin e Public Information and Downloads http://cell.
Guide to Cell/B.E. Programming Documentation © 2008 Sony Computer Entertainment I nc. All Rights Reserved. Version 1.0, August 2008 Page 13 of 16 The PowerPC™ Compiler Writer’s Guide Cell Broadband Engin e Public Information and Downloads http://cell.
Guide to Cell/B.E. Programming Documentation Version 1.0, August 2008 © 2008 Sony Computer E ntertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved. Page 14 of 16 SPE Programming Documents SPU Instruction Set Architecture Cell Broadband Engin e Public Information and Downloads http://cell.
Guide to Cell/B.E. Programming Documentation © 2008 Sony Computer Entertainment I nc. All Rights Reserved. Version 1.0, August 2008 Page 15 of 16 SPU Assembly Language Specification Cell Broadband Engin e Public Information and Downloads http://cell.
Guide to Cell/B.E. Programming Documentation Version 1.0, August 2008 © 2008 Sony Computer E ntertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved. Page 16 of 16 Appendix – Programming Links This appendix provides links to pub lic websites containing information about programmi ng the Sony Computer Entertainment PLAYST ATION ® 3 (PS3) platform and the Cell/B.
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