Guide to Cell/B.E. Programming Documentation
© 2008 Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved. Version 1.0, August 2008
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Guide to Cell Broadband Engine Programming Documentation
Introduction
This Guide is designed to help you navigate the programming documentation for the Cell Broadband Engine™
(Cell/B.E.) processor. The documents are available on the public Sony Computer Entertainment website
(http://cell.scei.co.jp/e_download.html) and the IBM website (http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/power/cell/).
The Guide s
ummarizes the documentation, explaining the relevance of each document to particular Cell/B.E.
programming roles and objectives. Throughout this Guide and the documentation it summarizes, the Cell/B.E. is
variously referred to as the Cell Processor, Cell Broadband Engine™, CBE, Cell BE, or BE.
Figure 1, “Cell/B.E. Block Diagram” and Figure 2, “Storage Domains” define the acronyms used in the Cell/B.E.
do
cumentation. For a more complete glossary, see the CBE Programming Handbook.
Figure 1 Cell/B.E. Block Diagram
Figure 2 Storage Domains
