Synergistic Processing Element

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The Synergistic Processing Element is a specialized SIMD-capable co-processor core designed for high-throughput, data-parallel computation within the Cell Broadband Engine architecture.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf SIMD processing element ⓘ
co-processor ⓘ
microprocessor core ⓘ
abbreviation SPE ⓘ
linked to: SPEs
accessesMainMemoryVia DMA ⓘ
alsoKnownAs SPU (Synergistic Processing Unit) core ⓘ
linked to: AltiVec
architecture RISC ⓘ
linked to: RISC architecture
clockFrequency 3.2 GHz (typical in PS3 Cell) ⓘ
communicatesWith Power Processing Element ⓘ
designedFor data-parallel computation ⓘ
high-throughput computing ⓘ
developedBy IBM ⓘ
Sony ⓘ
Toshiba ⓘ
hasComponent Local Store ⓘ
Memory Flow Controller ⓘ
Synergistic Processing Unit ⓘ
hasExecutionModel DMA-based data transfer ⓘ
explicitly managed local store ⓘ
hasLocalMemory 256 KB local store ⓘ
hasPipeline dual-issue pipeline ⓘ
hasRoleInSystem offloading compute-intensive kernels from PPE ⓘ
introducedIn mid-2000s ⓘ
ISA SPE-specific instruction set ⓘ
marketedAs Synergistic Processing Element ⓘ
numberPerCellProcessor up to 8 SPEs (in consumer Cell) ⓘ
optimizedFor multimedia workloads ⓘ
scientific computing ⓘ
signal processing ⓘ
partOf Cell Broadband Engine ⓘ
programmedWith C language ⓘ
assembly language ⓘ
supports SIMD ⓘ
SIMD vector instructions ⓘ
supportsDataType double-precision floating point (later revisions) ⓘ
integer ⓘ
single-precision floating point ⓘ
targetApplicationDomain gaming ⓘ
high-performance computing ⓘ
media processing ⓘ
usedIn IBM BladeCenter QS20 ⓘ
IBM BladeCenter QS21 ⓘ
IBM BladeCenter QS22 ⓘ
PlayStation 3 ⓘ
linked to: Sony PlayStation 3

Roadrunner supercomputer ⓘ
wordSize 128-bit SIMD registers ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cell Broadband Engine PPE → fullName → Power Processing Element ⓘ
linked to: Synergistic Processing Element
Cell Broadband Engine → hasComponent → Synergistic Processing Element ⓘ
Cell Broadband Engine → acceleratorCore → Synergistic Processing Unit ⓘ
linked to: Synergistic Processing Element
Cell BE → hasComponent → Synergistic Processing Element ⓘ
Synergistic Processing Element → hasComponent → Synergistic Processing Unit ⓘ
linked to: Synergistic Processing Element
Synergistic Processing Element → marketedAs → Synergistic Processing Element ⓘ
Element Interconnect Bus → connects → Synergistic Processing Elements ⓘ
linked to: Synergistic Processing Element
Element Interconnect Bus → connects → Synergistic Processing Units ⓘ
linked to: Synergistic Processing Element
PPE → controls → Synergistic Processing Elements ⓘ
linked to: Synergistic Processing Element
SPEs → abbreviationOf → Synergistic Processing Elements ⓘ
linked to: Synergistic Processing Element
SPEs → hasComponent → Synergistic Processing Unit ⓘ
linked to: Synergistic Processing Element
H. Peter Hofstee → designed → Cell processor architecture ⓘ
subject linked to: Hofstee
linked to: Synergistic Processing Element