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 (2)

Label Occurrences
SPE 1
SPEs canonical 1

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Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Synergistic Processing Element ⓘ
vector processing unit ⓘ
abbreviationOf Synergistic Processing Elements ⓘ
architectureType RISC-like ⓘ
cannotDirectlyAccess system memory ⓘ
communicatesVia Element Interconnect Bus ⓘ
cooperatesWith Power Processing Element ⓘ
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 ⓘ
local store ⓘ
register file ⓘ
introducedBy IBM ⓘ
Sony ⓘ
Toshiba ⓘ
memoryModel local store memory ⓘ
optimizedFor data-parallel workloads ⓘ
multimedia processing ⓘ
scientific computing ⓘ
signal processing ⓘ
partOf Cell Broadband Engine ⓘ
primaryDataAccess DMA transfers ⓘ
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 ⓘ
IBM QS21 blade server ⓘ
IBM QS22 blade server ⓘ
PlayStation 3 Cell processor ⓘ
linked to: Sony PlayStation 3

Toshiba SpursEngine ⓘ
worksAlongside Power Processing Element ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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