Documentation

  • Cell Broadband Engine™ (CBE) documentation
    • Cell Broadband Engine™ Architecture (CBEA) PDF
    • Synergistic Processor Unit (SPU): Instruction Set Architecture PDF
    • SPU Application Binary Interface: Specification PDF
    • SPU Assembly Language: Specification PDF
    • PPU & SPU C/C++ Language Extension Specification PDF
    • Cell Broadband Engine™ Registers PDF
    • Cell BE Linux Reference Implementation Application Binary Interface PDF
    • Cell Broadband Engine™: Hardware Initialization Guide PDF
    • Cell Broadband Engine™: Programming Handbook PDF
      IBM developerWorks, IBM Microelectronics, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
  • The Cell BE SDK 2.1 also includes:
    • Cell Broadband Engine SDK V2.1 Installation Guide PDF
    • Cell Broadband Engine SDK V1.1 Programmer's Guide PDF
    • Cell Broadband Engine Programming Tutorial V2.1 PDF
    • Cell Broadband Engine Linux Reference Implementation Application Binary Interface Specification V1.1PDF
    • SPE Runtime Management library SDK V2.1 PDF
    • LibSPE 1.2 to LibSPE 2.0 Migration Guide PDF
    • Cell Broadband Engine SIMD Math Library Specification V1.0PDF
    • Accelerator Library Framework Programming Guide and API Reference
    • Sample Library documentation
    • IDL Compiler for Remote Procedure Calls
    • Post-link Optimization Utility
      IBM alphaWorks
  • IBM BladeCenter QS20:
    • IBM BladeCenter QS20 Datasheet PDF
    • IBM BladeCenter QS20 Installation and User's Guide
    • IBM BladeCenter QS20 Problem Determination and Service Guide
  • PowerPC Base:
    • PowerPC Architecture Book, Version 2.02
      • Book I: PowerPC User Instruction Set Architecture PDF
      • Book II: PowerPC Virtual Environment Architecture PDF
      • Book III: PowerPC Operating Environment Architecture PDF
    • PowerPC Microprocessor Family
      • Vector/SIMD Multimedia Extension Technology Programming Environments Manual Version 2.06c PDF