Power Efficient Processor Architecture and The Cell Processor

This paper provides a background and rationale for some of the architecture and design decisions in the Cell processor, a processor optimized for compute-intensive and broadband rich media applications, jointly developed by Sony Group, Toshiba, and IBM.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2005
• Where: HPCA
• Authors: H. Peter Hofstee
• Keywords: Broadband Rich Media, Cell Processor, Computer Architecture, Design Decisions, HPCA 2005