Introduction to the cell multiprocessor

IBM Journal of Research and Development

Volumn 49, Issue 4-5, 2005, Pages 589-604

  Kahle, James A ^a   Day, Michael N ^a   Hofstee, H Peter ^a   Johns, Charles R ^a   Maeurer, Theodore R ^a   Shippy, David ^a  

^a IBM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; ELECTRONICS PACKAGING; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT LAYOUT; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS;

CELL MULTIPROCESSOR; CONVENTIONAL CHIP MULTIPROCESSORS; HIGH-VOLUME CHIP;

MULTIPROCESSING SYSTEMS;

EID: 25844503119     PISSN: 00188646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1147/rd.494.0589     Document Type: Article

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