Practical Computing on the Cell Broadband Engine

Practical Programming in the Cell Broadband Engine offers a unique programming guide for the Cell Broadband Engine, demonstrating a large number of real-life programs to identify and solve problems in engineering, logic design, VLSI CAD, number-theory, graph-theory, computational geometry, image processing, and other subjects.
Key features include:

• Numerous diagrams, mnemonics, tables, charts, code samples for making program development on the CBE as accessible as possible



• Comprehensive reading list for introductory material to the subject matter



• A website providing all source codes and sample-data for examples presented in this text.

List of contents

Introducing the Cell Broadband Engine.- The Power Processing Element (PPE).- The Synergistic Processing Element.- Element Interconnect Bus.- Direct Memory Access (DMA).- Programming the Cell Broadband Engine.- Foundations for Program Development on CBE.- The development environment.- Hello World.- An Overview of the SDK.- Basic Algorithms.- Graph Theory on the CBEA.- Alternative methods for parallel programming on SPE.- Computational Mathematics on the CBEA.- Vector Graphics on SPU.- Optimizing SPU Programs.- Case Studies.- Line-of-sight Computation.- Structure Determination using PDF.- Polytope Enumeration.- Synthetic Aperture Radar.- VLSI Design Automation.- Floorplanning: VLSI and other Applications.- VLSI Placement.- Power Estimation for VLSI.- Concluding Remarks.

Summary

Practical Programming in the Cell Broadband Engine offers a unique programming guide for the Cell Broadband Engine, demonstrating a large number of real-life programs to identify and solve problems in engineering, logic design, VLSI CAD, number-theory, graph-theory, computational geometry, image processing, and other subjects.

Key features include:

• Numerous diagrams, mnemonics, tables, charts, code samples for making program development on the CBE as accessible as possible



• Comprehensive reading list for introductory material to the subject matter



• A website providing all source codes and sample-data for examples presented in this text.

Product details

• Authors: Sandeep Koranne
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.08.2009
• EAN: 9781441903075
• ISBN: 978-1-4419-0307-5
• No. of pages: 485
• Dimensions: 158 mm x 239 mm x 34 mm
• Weight: 900 g
• Illustrations: XXXIV, 485 p. 20 illus.
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > IT; B, Algorithms, computer science, Theory of Computation, Mathematical and Computational Engineering, Programming Techniques, Computer programming, Architecture, Computer, Computer System Implementation, Systems analysis & design, Computers, Numerical analysis, Engineering mathematics, Mathematical theory of computation, Applied mathematics, Computer programming / software engineering, Mathematical and Computational Engineering Applications, Maths for engineers, Expert systems / knowledge-based systems, Special purpose computers, Special Purpose and Application-Based Systems