Editing Cell Programming IBM

==Programming Frameworks==

[http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/cn/linux/l-cn-cellprogramming/index.htm example screenshots]

Currently there are two programming frameworks to use (we don't intend to talk about © Sony SDK nor about the free community driven [http://psl1ght.net psl1ght] on this page). The Cell SDK is the most full featured and "supported" but is architecture specific, whereas the OpenCL should allow code portability to other accelerators (like GP-GPU's) however is from IBM alphaworks so should be considered beta.

====[http://ilab.usc.edu/packages/cell-processor/sdk/ Cell SDK 3.0]====
* [http://ilab.usc.edu/packages/cell-processor/sdk/CellSDK-Devel-Fedora_3.0.0.1.0.iso CellSDK-Devel-Fedora_3.0.0.1.0.iso]
* [http://ilab.usc.edu/packages/cell-processor/sdk/CellSDK-Extras-Fedora_3.0.0.1.0.iso CellSDK-Extras-Fedora_3.0.0.1.0.iso]
* [http://ilab.usc.edu/packages/cell-processor/sdk/SDK-Installation_Guide_v3.0.pdf SDK-Installation_Guide_v3.0.pdf]
* [http://moss.csc.ncsu.edu/~mueller/cluster/ps3/README.fedora7 v3.0 README Fedora 7]

====Cell SDK 3.1====
* [https://www6.software.ibm.com/sdfdl/v2/regs2/cellsdk/IBM_SDK_for_Multicore_Acceleration_v3.1/Fedora_9/Xa.2/Xb.XwHM_qfxHxsZGUSMkaPDYZDcWlNVUU7dmrzwi5U2KA/Xc.IBM_SDK_for_Multicore_Acceleration_v3.1/Fedora_9/cell-install-3.1.0-0.0.noarch.rpm/Xd./Xf.LPr.A6vn/Xg.6000323/Xi.cellsdk/XY.regsrvs/XZ.5iNQCn9xk58IsMNUoI-um9vhWaE/cell-install-3.1.0-0.0.noarch.rpm SDK 3.1 Installer : cell-install-3.1.0-0.0.noarch.rpm] / mirror: [http://www.multiupload.com/UMXND18S4H cell-install-3.1.0-0.0.noarch.rpm (10.75 MB)]

* [https://www6.software.ibm.com/sdfdl/v2/regs2/cellsdk/IBM_SDK_for_Multicore_Acceleration_v3.1/Fedora_9/Xa.2/Xb.XwHM_qfxHxsZGUSMkaPDYZDcWlNVUU7dmrzwNDqKtw/Xc.IBM_SDK_for_Multicore_Acceleration_v3.1/Fedora_9/CellSDK-Devel-Fedora_3.1.0.0.0.iso/Xd./Xf.LPr.A6vn/Xg.6000323/Xi.cellsdk/XY.regsrvs/XZ.rx8HrBZFie8ruQFBfJgEcXqj478/CellSDK-Devel-Fedora_3.1.0.0.0.iso SDK 3.1 Developer package ISO image for Fedora 9 : CellSDK-Devel-Fedora_3.1.0.0.0.iso  (434MB)] / mirror:

* [https://www6.software.ibm.com/sdfdl/v2/regs2/cellsdk/IBM_SDK_for_Multicore_Acceleration_v3.1/Fedora_9/Xa.2/Xb.XwHM_qfxHxsZGUSMkaPDYZDcWlNVUU7dmrzwH4MsFg/Xc.IBM_SDK_for_Multicore_Acceleration_v3.1/Fedora_9/CellSDK-Extras-Fedora_3.1.0.0.0.iso/Xd./Xf.LPr.A6vn/Xg.6000323/Xi.cellsdk/XY.regsrvs/XZ.rquSfhpmEkmM3pPg-sEn0aRcnTI/CellSDK-Extras-Fedora_3.1.0.0.0.iso SDK 3.1 Extras package ISO image for Fedora 9 : CellSDK-Extras-Fedora_3.1.0.0.0.iso] / mirror: [http://www.multiupload.com/NBWGI9H2U7 CellSDK-Extras-Fedora_3.1.0.0.0.iso (33.36 MB)]

* [http://moss.csc.ncsu.edu/~mueller/cluster/ps3/README.fedora9 v3.1 README Fedora 9] / mirror:


note: The IBM Full-System Simulator has been removed from the SDK package, and is now available separately. To obtain the Simulator, download it from the following alphaWorks Web site: http://www.alphaworks.ibm.com/tech/cellsystemsim

* [https://www6.software.ibm.com/sdfdl/1v2/regs2/awadmin/cellsystemsim/Xa.2/Xb.NmSvtPC_5QwUGRcdaGxveLCmuyiH29ecLHEFCxGClA/Xc.cellsystemsim/systemsim-cell-3.1-25.f9.i386.rpm/Xd./Xf.LPr.U1ay/Xg.6000350/Xi.AW-0LO/XY.regsrvs/XZ.XHvsOj0D18W4tRLc5ne-iP71yGU/systemsim-cell-3.1-25.f9.i386.rpm systemsim-cell-3.1-25.f9.i386.rpm] / mirror: [http://www.multiupload.com/JPZN9184C7 systemsim-cell-3.1-25.f9.i386.rpm (5.16 MB)]

* [https://www6.software.ibm.com/sdfdl/1v2/regs2/awadmin/cellsystemsim/Xa.2/Xb.NmSvtPC_5QwUGRcdaGxveLCmuyiH29ecLHEFC-_rmA/Xc.cellsystemsim/systemsim-cell-3.1-25.f9.ppc64.rpm/Xd./Xf.LPr.U1ay/Xg.6000350/Xi.AW-0LO/XY.regsrvs/XZ.89GACn0qI987o9LQZHgRc7l_MiY/systemsim-cell-3.1-25.f9.ppc64.rpm systemsim-cell-3.1-25.f9.ppc64.rpm] / mirror: [http://www.multiupload.com/1D3M8JVWMX systemsim-cell-3.1-25.f9.ppc64.rpm (5.93 MB)]

* [https://www6.software.ibm.com/sdfdl/1v2/regs2/awadmin/cellsystemsim/Xa.2/Xb.NmSvtPC_5QwUGRcdaGxveLCmuyiH29ecLHEFEf8L5w/Xc.cellsystemsim/systemsim-cell-3.1-25.f9.x86_64.rpm/Xd./Xf.LPr.U1ay/Xg.6000350/Xi.AW-0LO/XY.regsrvs/XZ.LGt-ut1aB9bZc5UImrfVa79bOLk/systemsim-cell-3.1-25.f9.x86_64.rpm systemsim-cell-3.1-25.f9.x86_64.rpm] / mirror: [http://www.multiupload.com/4UQRYTXRRQ systemsim-cell-3.1-25.f9.x86_64.rpm (6.04 MB)]

* [https://www6.software.ibm.com/sdfdl/1v2/regs2/awadmin/cellsystemsim/Xa.2/Xb.NmSvtPC_5QwUGRcdaGxveLCmuyiH29ecLHEFCxQWFQ/Xc.cellsystemsim/README.txt/Xd./Xf.LPr.U1ay/Xg.6000350/Xi.AW-0LO/XY.regsrvs/XZ.TIaenry1jz4yXA5H84wqTkpiE2o/README.txt README.txt] / mirror: [http://www.multiupload.com/SDEOR7F55S README.txt (5.55 KB)]

===Compilers===

* '''ppu-gcc''' -- GNU GCC PPC compiler
 
* '''spu-gcc''' -- GNU GCC SPU compiler

* '''xlcl''' -- IBM XL OpenCL compiler

== Documentation ==
* Cell SDK
** Programming:[http://support.scinet.utoronto.ca/Manuals/Cell/CBE_Programmers_Guide_v3.1.pdf CBE Programmers Guide],[http://support.scinet.utoronto.ca/Manuals/Cell/CBE_Handbook_v1.1_24APR2007_pub.pdf CBE Handbook],[http://support.scinet.utoronto.ca/Manuals/Cell/CBE_Programming_Tutorial_v3.1.pdf CBE Programming Tutorial],[http://support.scinet.utoronto.ca/Manuals/Cell/CellBE_PXCell_Handbook_v1.11_12May08_pub.pdf CBE PXCell Handbook],[http://support.scinet.utoronto.ca/Manuals/Cell/Performance_Tools_Reference_v3.1.pdf Performance Tools Reference],[http://support.scinet.utoronto.ca/Manuals/Cell/IDE_Users_Guide_v3.1.pdf IDE Users Guide]
** Libraries:[http://support.scinet.utoronto.ca/Manuals/Cell/3D_FFT_Prog_Guide_and_API_Reference.pdf 3D FFT],[http://support.scinet.utoronto.ca/Manuals/Cell/libFFT_Prog_Guide_API_v3.1.pdf libFFT],[http://support.scinet.utoronto.ca/Manuals/Cell/ALF_Prog_Guide_API_v3.1.pdf ALF],[http://support.scinet.utoronto.ca/Manuals/Cell/BLAS_Prog_Guide_API_v3.1.pdf BLAS],[http://support.scinet.utoronto.ca/Manuals/Cell/CBE_SIMDmath_API_v3.1.pdf SIMD Math API],[http://support.scinet.utoronto.ca/Manuals/Cell/DaCS_Prog_Guide_API_v3.1.pdf DaCS],[http://support.scinet.utoronto.ca/Manuals/Cell/LAPACK_Prog_Guide_API_v3.1.pdf LAPACK],[http://support.scinet.utoronto.ca/Manuals/Cell/Monte_Carlo_Prog_Guide_API_v3.1.pdf Monte Carlo],[http://support.scinet.utoronto.ca/Manuals/Cell/SDK_Example_Library_API_v3.1.pdf SDK Library Examples],[http://support.scinet.utoronto.ca/Manuals/Cell/SPE_Runtime_Management_API_v2.3.pdf SPE Runtime Management], [http://support.scinet.utoronto.ca/Manuals/Cell/SPE_Runtime_Management_Migration_v3.1.pdf SPE Runtime Migration],[http://support.scinet.utoronto.ca/Manuals/Cell/SPU_Runtime_Library_Extensions_v3.1.pdf SPE Runtime Library Ext.]
** Architecure: [http://support.scinet.utoronto.ca/Manuals/Cell/CBEA_v1.01_3Oct2006.pdf CBEA],[http://support.scinet.utoronto.ca/Manuals/Cell/CBE_Public_Registers.v1_5.02APR2007.pdf CBEA Public Registers],[http://support.scinet.utoronto.ca/Manuals/Cell/PPC_Vers202_Book1_public.pdf PPC Book 1],[http://support.scinet.utoronto.ca/Manuals/Cell/PPC_Vers202_Book2_public.pdf PPC Book 2],[http://support.scinet.utoronto.ca/Manuals/Cell/PPC_Vers202_Book3_public.pdf PPC Book 3],[http://support.scinet.utoronto.ca/Manuals/Cell/SPU_ISA_v1.2_27Jan2007_pub.pdf SPU ISA]
** Standards:[http://support.scinet.utoronto.ca/Manuals/Cell/CBE_LINUX_ABI_1.2.pdf CBE Linux ABI],[http://support.scinet.utoronto.ca/Manuals/Cell/Language_Extensions_for_CBEA_2.6.pdf Language Extentsions],[http://support.scinet.utoronto.ca/Manuals/Cell/SIMD_Library_Specification_for_CBEA_1.2.pdf SIMD Library Specification],[http://support.scinet.utoronto.ca/Manuals/Cell/SPU_ABI-Specification_1.9.pdf SPU ABI Specification],[http://support.scinet.utoronto.ca/Manuals/Cell/SPU_Assembly_Language_Specification_1.7.pdf SPU Assembly Language Specification]
** Installation: [http://support.scinet.utoronto.ca/Manuals/Cell/SDK-Installation_Guide_v3.1.pdf Installation Guide]

* Cell OpenCL
** [http://support.scinet.utoronto.ca/Manuals/Cell/OpenCL_Guide.pdf OpenCL Guide],


== Further Info ==
Even more docs http://moss.csc.ncsu.edu/~mueller/cluster/ps3/



== Tutorials ==
*Cell Programming Tutorial - IBM (5in1; mirror: http://rapidshare.com/files/416223029/cell.zip  mirror: http://ul.to/39b2fq  mirror: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=0BWIWG1N)
** [http://ibm.com/developerworks/power/tutorials/pa-cbecompile1 part1] - Summary: Meet the Cell Broadband Engine™ (Cell BE) processor from a compiler-writer's perspective, and get a bird's-eye view of a number of the unique challenges it poses in this first tutorial of a five-part series.
** [http://ibm.com/developerworks/power/tutorials/pa-cbecompile2 part2] - Summary: This tutorial discusses specific issues in optimizing code to run effectively on the Synergistic Processor Elements (SPEs) in the Cell Broadband Engine™ (Cell BE) processor.
** [http://ibm.com/developerworks/power/tutorials/pa-cbecompile3 part3] - Summary: This tutorial discusses the compiler issues in optimizing code to run efficiently on SIMD-capable processors. In particular, it shows how to optimize code that must run both on the VMX SIMD engine of the PowerPC® core of the Cell Broadband Engine (Cell BE) processor, and also on the SIMD-only Synergistic Processor Elements (SPEs).
** [http://ibm.com/developerworks/power/tutorials/pa-cbecompile4 part4] - Summary: This part discusses ways to partition code to run across the multiple cores available in a Cell Broadband Engine™ (Cell BE) processor. It gives particular attention to efficient partitioning of code to allow larger programs or data sets to be manipulated using the 256KB of local store available on the Synergistic Processor Elements (SPEs).
** [http://ibm.com/developerworks/power/tutorials/pa-cbecompile5 part5] - Summary: This last tutorial discusses techniques for managing data in the local store of the Synergistic Processor Elements (SPEs) of a Cell Broadband Engine (Cell BE) processor. Learn particular techniques such as double-buffering and maintaining a reasonably efficient software cache.

* IBM Cell Broadband engine tutorials http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/ieduasst/stgv1r0/index.jsp



==PowerPC Assembly==

*[http://www.lightsoft.co.uk/Fantasm/Beginners/begin1.html Lightsoft: Beginners Guide to PowerPC Assembly Language]