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Linux on Cell Broadband EngineTM Processor
Sony Corporation / Sony Computer Entertainment
Inc., IBM Corporation
What is demonstrated
How was the Linux improved
Application-level programming interface
Selected applications running on Linux on Cell
Broadband EngineTM
Toolings
Application Framework (segment specific)
Libraries
Higher-level programming interface
Cell exploitation
Cell BETM specialized compilers
Standard Linux Development Environment ? ppc64
Cell BETM aware tooling
Cell BETM optimized libraries
Lower-level programming interface
Scaleable Solutions with common Linux, Cell BETM
runtime and Toolchains
Common programming models
Cell enablement
Toolchain gcc, binutils, gdb, oprofile,
Basic Cell BETM runtime libspe, spelibc,
Cell BETM Linux kernel
IBM QS20 BladeCenter (High Performance Blade)
SONY PLAYSTATION3 (Cluster)
Patch Availability
Many patches are already in the mainline kernel
Additional resources Linux on Cell BETM (GNU too
ls, SPE management lib, etc.) http//www.bsc.es/p
lantillaG.php?cat_id96 PS3 Linux Distributor Sta
rters Kit ftp//ftp.uk.linux.org/pub/linux/Sony
-PS3 PS3 Linux Latest Kernel git//git.kernel.or
g/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/geoff/ps3-linux.git
SONY PLAYSTATION3
Hardware Information
SONY PLAYSTATION IBM BladeCenter QS20 (Photo ON
LY)