Element Interconnect Bus
E773456
The Element Interconnect Bus is a high-speed internal communication network in the Cell Broadband Engine architecture that links its processing elements and memory controllers to enable efficient parallel data transfer.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Element Interconnect Bus canonical | 2 |
| high-bandwidth Element Interconnect Bus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9027565 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Element Interconnect Bus Context triple: [Cell Broadband Engine, hasComponent, Element Interconnect Bus]
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A.
UNIBUS
UNIBUS is a pioneering computer bus architecture developed for Digital Equipment Corporation’s PDP series that unified memory and peripheral communications on a single shared system bus.
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B.
ISA bus
ISA bus is an early IBM PC expansion bus standard that provided a common hardware interface for adding peripheral cards like sound, network, and graphics adapters.
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C.
Multibus
Multibus is an early Intel-developed computer bus standard widely used in 1980s workstations and embedded systems for modular expansion and peripheral connectivity.
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D.
Peripheral Component Interconnect
Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) is a widely adopted computer bus standard introduced in the 1990s to connect peripheral devices to a motherboard, offering higher performance and flexibility than earlier expansion bus architectures.
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E.
AMBA
AMBA (the Association of MBAs) is a leading international accreditation body that evaluates and endorses the quality of postgraduate business education programs worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Element Interconnect Bus Target entity description: The Element Interconnect Bus is a high-speed internal communication network in the Cell Broadband Engine architecture that links its processing elements and memory controllers to enable efficient parallel data transfer.
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A.
UNIBUS
UNIBUS is a pioneering computer bus architecture developed for Digital Equipment Corporation’s PDP series that unified memory and peripheral communications on a single shared system bus.
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B.
ISA bus
ISA bus is an early IBM PC expansion bus standard that provided a common hardware interface for adding peripheral cards like sound, network, and graphics adapters.
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C.
Multibus
Multibus is an early Intel-developed computer bus standard widely used in 1980s workstations and embedded systems for modular expansion and peripheral connectivity.
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D.
Peripheral Component Interconnect
Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) is a widely adopted computer bus standard introduced in the 1990s to connect peripheral devices to a motherboard, offering higher performance and flexibility than earlier expansion bus architectures.
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E.
AMBA
AMBA (the Association of MBAs) is a leading international accreditation body that evaluates and endorses the quality of postgraduate business education programs worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
computer bus
ⓘ
on-chip network ⓘ |
| abbreviation | EIB ⓘ |
| architectureType | ring-based interconnect ⓘ |
| associatedWith | heterogeneous multi-core architecture ⓘ |
| bandwidthCharacteristic | very high aggregate bandwidth ⓘ |
| communicationType | synchronous data transfer ⓘ |
| connects |
I/O controllers
ⓘ
Power Processing Element ⓘ Synergistic Processing Elements ⓘ
linked to:
Synergistic Processing Element
Synergistic Processing Units ⓘ
linked to:
Synergistic Processing Element
memory controllers ⓘ |
| dataTransferMode | packet-based ⓘ |
| designedFor | parallel data transfer ⓘ |
| developedBy | IBM ⓘ |
| enables |
data transfer between PPE and SPEs
ⓘ
data transfer between SPEs and main memory ⓘ efficient parallel processing ⓘ |
| location | on-chip ⓘ |
| partOf | Cell Broadband Engine ⓘ |
| purpose | link processing elements and memory controllers ⓘ |
| role | central communication fabric in Cell processor ⓘ |
| scope | intra-processor interconnect ⓘ |
| supports |
high-bandwidth communication
ⓘ
low-latency communication ⓘ |
| topology | bidirectional ring ⓘ |
| usedFor | high-performance computing applications based on Cell ⓘ |
| usedIn |
IBM Cell Broadband Engine implementations
ⓘ
linked to:
IBM PowerXCell 8i
Sony PlayStation 3 Cell processor ⓘ
linked to:
Sony PlayStation 3
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Element Interconnect Bus Description of subject: The Element Interconnect Bus is a high-speed internal communication network in the Cell Broadband Engine architecture that links its processing elements and memory controllers to enable efficient parallel data transfer.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Element Interconnect Bus