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Conference paper
Cell architecture: Key physical design features and methodology
Abstract
The Cell Broadband Engine is a high performance supercomputer on a chip. It is a 64-bit Power Processor compatible to Power Architecture applications and OS. This heterogeneous multi-core architecture sets a new performance standard for games and multimedia applications. It exploits parallelism while achieving high frequency. With a multi-core design, we are facing several obstacles from architecture, technology to physical design. This presentation will give an overview of the Cell architecture and the challenges we faced. We will also discuss how we addressed these challenges and successfully implemented the Cell Processor.