From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL autolearn=disabled version=3.1.3 Received: from concorde.inria.fr (concorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.39]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4678ABC6B for ; Thu, 6 Sep 2007 20:29:08 +0200 (CEST) Received: from smtp3-g19.free.fr (smtp3-g19.free.fr [212.27.42.29]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l86IT5EU015931 for ; Thu, 6 Sep 2007 20:29:08 +0200 Received: from smtp3-g19.free.fr (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by smtp3-g19.free.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id B3F0F5A287; Thu, 6 Sep 2007 20:29:05 +0200 (CEST) Received: from Tocksi.local (unknown [82.254.234.120]) by smtp3-g19.free.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id EBA095A27B; Thu, 6 Sep 2007 20:29:04 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <46E046DF.5010103@univ-savoie.fr> Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2007 20:28:47 +0200 From: Christophe Raffalli User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (Macintosh/20070728) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: David MENTRE Cc: "Harrison, John R" , Caml-list List Subject: Re: [Caml-list] More registers in modern day CPUs References: <875c7e070709060755r1d0d099ds30a25ea78d0fd85a@mail.gmail.com> <46E01A27.1070207@janestcapital.com> <509223F0BF55E74FA1247D17207E7A0C01D75893@orsmsx419.amr.corp.intel.com> <87r6lb90tw.fsf@linux-france.org> In-Reply-To: <87r6lb90tw.fsf@linux-france.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.3 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------080209060909090107040000" X-Miltered: at concorde with ID 46E046F1.003 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail . ensmp . fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; christophe:01 raffalli:01 christophe:01 raffalli:01 univ-savoie:01 simd:01 sony:98 toshiba:98 2.1:98 2007.:98 caml-list:01 writes:01 data:02 allocated:02 tutorial:03 X-Attachments: cset="utf-8" name="Christophe.Raffalli.vcf" name="Christophe.Raffalli.vcf" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------080209060909090107040000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit 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. --------------080209060909090107040000 Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=utf-8; name="Christophe.Raffalli.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Christophe.Raffalli.vcf" begin:vcard fn:Christophe Raffalli n:Raffalli;Christophe org:LAMA (UMR 5127) email;internet:christophe.raffalli@univ-savoie.fr title;quoted-printable:Ma=C3=AEtre de conf=C3=A9rences tel;work:+33 4 79 75 81 03 note:http://www.lama.univ-savoie.fr/~raffalli x-mozilla-html:TRUE version:2.1 end:vcard --------------080209060909090107040000--