IBM Cell BE SDK Version 2.0, December 15, 2006

IBM Cell Broadband Engine Software Development Kit, Update: December 15, 2006
　http://www.alphaworks.ibm.com/tech/cellsw
　"Version 2.0 provides additional libraries and improved compiler tools."


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IBM Cell BE SDK Version 2.0 contains a number of significant enhancements over previous versions and completely replaces those versions. These enhancements include the following:

* Linux kernel upgraded to 2.6.18; performance enhancements added; support added for a combined PPU and SPU Kernel debugger
* GNU GCC tools upgraded to Version 4.1.1 and XL C/C++ compiler to Version 0.8.1
* SPU debugger improved and support added for a combined Power Processing Unit (PPU) and Synergistic Processing Unit (SPU) debugger
* addition of programming model frameworks, including SPU code overlays, an accelerator framework for offloading work to SPUs, and software managed cache
* addition of SIMD Math library for PPU and SPU; revamping of LibC library for SPU; addition of MASS and MASS/V libraries for PPU
* simulator support for performance modeling of memory subsystem components and interactions
* addition of Cell BE-specific, post-link code optimization tool
* addition of Eclipse Integrated Development Environment (IDE) support for building, compiling, and debugging Cell BE applications. The IDE uses the underlying SDK tools, including compilers, debugger, and system simulator.
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