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.

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PPE canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Power Processing Element ⓘ
microprocessor core ⓘ
architecture Cell Broadband Engine ⓘ
basedOn PowerPC architecture ⓘ
linked to: PowerPC
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 ⓘ
controls SPE ⓘ
Synergistic Processing Elements ⓘ
coordinates data transfer between main memory and SPE local stores ⓘ
coreCount 1 ⓘ
cpuType general-purpose core ⓘ
designedBy IBM ⓘ
Sony ⓘ
Toshiba ⓘ
designedFor heterogeneous multicore processing ⓘ
fullName Power Processing Element ⓘ
function handles operating system tasks ⓘ
runs general-purpose application code ⓘ
schedules tasks on SPEs ⓘ
handles I/O control ⓘ
interrupt handling ⓘ
system management ⓘ
instructionSetArchitecture PowerPC ⓘ
introducedWith first-generation Cell processor ⓘ
marketedBy IBM ⓘ
Sony Computer Entertainment ⓘ
Toshiba Corporation ⓘ
linked to: Toshiba
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 ⓘ
PlayStation 3 main processor ⓘ
vendorFamily IBM Power family ⓘ

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