PPE

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PPE is the Power Processing Element, a general-purpose 64-bit core that serves as the central controller in the Cell Broadband Engine architecture.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Power Processing Element
microprocessor core
architecture Cell Broadband Engine
basedOn PowerPC architecture
linked to: PowerPC
bitWidth 64-bit
cacheType L1 data cache
L1 instruction cache
L2 cache
clockFrequencyRange approximately 3.0 GHz (in PS3 implementation)
componentOf Cell Broadband Engine microarchitecture
controls SPE
Synergistic Processing Elements
coordinates data transfer between main memory and SPE local stores
coreCount 1
cpuType general-purpose core
designedBy IBM
Sony
Toshiba
designedFor heterogeneous multicore processing
fullName Power Processing Element
function handles operating system tasks
runs general-purpose application code
schedules tasks on SPEs
handles I/O control
interrupt handling
system management
instructionSetArchitecture PowerPC
introducedWith first-generation Cell processor
marketedBy IBM
Sony Computer Entertainment
Toshiba Corporation
linked to: Toshiba
pipelineType in-order pipeline
primaryUse game consoles
high-performance computing systems
programmingModel runs conventional C/C++ code
role central controller
control processor
supports 64-bit integer operations
floating-point operations
simultaneous multithreading
threadCount 2 hardware threads
usedIn Cell Broadband Engine processor
PlayStation 3 main processor
vendorFamily IBM Power family

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