David MENTRE a écrit : > Hello, > > "Harrison, John R" writes: > > >> Both the old Inmos Transputer and the the more recent IBM/Sony/Toshiba >> Cell processor have/had a dedicated area of fast memory, rather like a >> giant memory-based register file. >> > > The Cell SPE has 128 registers of 128 bits. > > http://www-01.ibm.com/chips/techlib/techlib.nsf/techdocs/FC857AE550F7EB83872571A80061F788/$file/CBE_Tutorial_v2.1_1March2007.pdf > > "Synergistic Processor Elements (SPEs) The eight SPEs are SIMD > processors optimized for data-rich operations allocated to them by the > PPE. Each of these identical elements contains a RISC core, 256-KB, > software-controlled local store for instructions and data, and a large > (128-bit, 128-entry) unified register file." > > > Yours, > d. > And apart from the playstation III (under linux for sure ;-), what kind of not too expensive computer can we buy with Cell Processors inside ? Regards, C.