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Hera-JVM: A Runtime System for Heterogeneous Multi-Core Architectures

Hera-JVM: A Runtime System for Heterogeneous Multi-Core Architectures

Heterogeneous multi-core processors, such as the IBM Cell processor, can deliver high performance. However, these processors are notoriously difficult to... Read more

21 October, 2010
XtremeData DbX: An FPGA-Based Data Warehouse Appliance

XtremeData DbX: An FPGA-Based Data Warehouse Appliance

...Green500 list all use low-power accelerators or processors such as a Cell Processor, a Graphical Processing Unit (GPU), a Greatly Reduced Array of Processor... Read more

3 June, 2010

PlayStation 3 to get 'Yellowstone'

...took out a licence to manufacture Yellowstone-style memory, necessary for the Cell processor to take advantage of the technology. IBM will not require an... Read more

7 January, 2003 by Michael Kanellos

IBM drumming up Cell support

...design services and consulting to manufacturers of electronics products to adopt the Cell processor, a multicore chip that will appear in Toshiba TV sets and... Read more

31 March, 2005 by Michael Kanellos

Cell processor unveiled

...from Sony, IBM and Toshiba revealed those and other specifications for the Cell processor during a press conference at the International Solid-State Circuits Conference... Read more

8 February, 2005 by David Becker

...Supercomputer on a chip' promised by Cell processor

IBM, Sony and Toshiba will reveal details on the new Cell processor architecture for the first time later on Monday at the International... Read more

7 February, 2005 by Rupert Goodwins
On Efficient Query Processing of Stream Counts on the <endeca_term>Cell Processor</endeca_term>

On Efficient Query Processing of Stream Counts on the Cell Processor

...implementation of a sketch-based counting algorithm on the heterogeneous multi-core Cell processor. Like the network processors, the Cell also contains on-chip special... Read more

18 February, 2009
Executing Stream Joins on the <endeca_term>Cell Processor</endeca_term>

Executing Stream Joins on the Cell Processor

...capacity are ideal matches for executing costly DSMS operators. The recently developed Cell processor is a good example of a heterogeneous multi-core architecture and... Read more

28 September, 2007
CellSort: High Performance Sorting on the <endeca_term>Cell Processor</endeca_term>

CellSort: High Performance Sorting on the Cell Processor

...and implementation of CellSort a high performance distributed sort algorithm for the Cell processor. They design CellSort as a distributed bitonic merge with a data... Read more

28 September, 2007

IBM puts Cell chip to work in supercomputer

...supercomputing. IBM has delivered a "supercomputer-like" blade system based on the Cell processor it co-designed for Sony's PlayStation. The device, which ZDNet... Read more

13 September, 2006 by Peter Judge

IBM wins bid to build hybrid supercomputer

...Roadrunner that will include not just conventional Opteron chips but also the Cell processor used in the Sony PlayStation. The supercomputer, for the Los Alamos... Read more

6 September, 2006 by Stephen Shankland

IBM brings fresh hardware options to clusters

ClearSpeed accelerator cards and Cell processor-powered blade servers are the new options expected to be announced... Read more

1 November, 2006 by Stephen Shankland

PlayStation 3 chip to arrive in 2005

Sony said it is readying a test production line for the Cell processor, which is ultimately planned to power everything from the PlayStation 3... Read more

9 October, 2003 by Matthew Broersma
SHIM Optimization: Elimination of Unstructured Loops

SHIM Optimization: Elimination of Unstructured Loops

The SHIM compiler for IBM CELL processor generates distinct code for the two processing units, PPE(Power Processor... Read more

21 December, 2008
Automatic Data Movement and Computation Mapping for Multi-Level Parallel Architectures With Explicitly Managed Memories

Automatic Data Movement and Computation Mapping for Multi-Level Parallel Architectures With Explicitly Managed Memories

Several parallel architectures such as GPUs and the Cell processor have fast explicitly managed on-chip memories, in addition to slow... Read more

23 February, 2008

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