{"id":3005283,"date":"2005-02-08T01:42:00","date_gmt":"2005-02-08T01:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"urn:uuid:3c681013-b3e1-4a08-8628-54de0c70c9df"},"modified":"2022-12-07T01:49:16","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T01:49:16","slug":"the-cell-microprocessor-at-a-glance","status":"publish","type":"press-release","link":"https:\/\/sonyinteractive.com\/en\/press-releases\/2005\/the-cell-microprocessor-at-a-glance\/","title":{"rendered":"The CELL Microprocessor at a Glance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"sie-paragraph\"><strong class=\"sie-paragraph\">SUMMARY:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Cell is a breakthrough architectural design &#8212; featuring 8 Synergistic Processing Units (SPU) with Power-based core, with top clock speeds exceeding 4 GHz (as measured during initial laboratory testing).<\/li><li>Cell is OS neutral &#8211; supporting multiple operating systems simultaneously<\/li><li>Cell is a multicore chip comprising 8 SPUs and a 64-bit Power processor core capable of massive floating point processing<\/li><li>Special circuit techniques, rules for modularity and reuse, customized clocking structures, and unique power and thermal management concepts were applied to optimize the design<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"sie-paragraph\"> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"sie-paragraph\"><strong class=\"sie-paragraph\">CELL is a Multi-Core Architecture<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Contains 8 SPUs each containing a 128 entry 128-bit register file and 256KB Local Store<\/li><li>Contains 64-bit Power ArchitectureTM with VMX that is a dual thread SMT design \u2013 views system memory as a 10-way coherent threaded machine<\/li><li>2.5MB of on Chip memory (512KB L2 and 8 * 256KB)<\/li><li>234 million transistors<\/li><li>Prototype die size of 221mm2<\/li><li>Fabricated with 90nanometer (nm) SOI process technology<\/li><li>Cell is a modular architecture and floating point calculation capabilities can be adjusted by increasing or reducing the number of SPUs<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"sie-paragraph\"> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"sie-paragraph\"><strong class=\"sie-paragraph\">CELL is a Broadband Architecture<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Compatible with 64b Power Architecture\u2122<\/li><li>SPU is a RISC architecture with SIMD organization and Local Store<\/li><li>128+ concurrent transactions to memory per processor<\/li><li>High speed internal element interconnect bus performing at 96B\/cycle<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"sie-paragraph\"> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"sie-paragraph\"><strong class=\"sie-paragraph\">CELL is a Real-Time Architecture<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Resource allocation (for Bandwidth Management)<\/li><li>Locking caches (via Replacement Management Tables)<\/li><li>Virtualization support with real time response characteristics across multiple operating systems running simultaneously<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"sie-paragraph\"> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"sie-paragraph\"><strong class=\"sie-paragraph\">CELL is Security Enabled Architecture<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>SPUs dynamically configurable as secure processors for flexible security programming<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"sie-paragraph\"> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"sie-paragraph\"><strong class=\"sie-paragraph\">CELL is a Confluence of New Technologies<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Virtualization techniques to support conventional and real time applications<\/li><li>Autonomic power management features<\/li><li>Resource management for real time human interaction<\/li><li>Smart memory flow controllers (DMA) to sustain bandwidth<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","byline":[16],"class_list":["post-3005283","press-release","type-press-release","status-publish","hentry","post-the-cell-microprocessor-at-a-glance"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.0 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The CELL Microprocessor at a Glance - Sony Interactive Entertainment<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sonyinteractive.com\/en\/press-releases\/2005\/the-cell-microprocessor-at-a-glance\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The CELL Microprocessor at a Glance\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"SUMMARY: Cell is a breakthrough architectural design &#8212; featuring 8 Synergistic Processing Units (SPU) with Power-based core, with top clock speeds exceeding 4 GHz (as measured during initial laboratory testing). 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