Wanna learn how to program for the Cell? Read this.

IBM has recently published the second part of their “Programming high-performance applications on the Cell BE processor” series. This second part, which carries the title  Program the synergistic processing elements of the Sony PLAYSTATION 3,” basically talks about some of the main concepts of assembly language programming on the PS3’s Cell BE processor under Linux.

While the article is tagged “intermediate,” programming newbies (like, um, me) will be wading around in uncharted territory. It gives an in-depth look at the Cell processor’s SPEs and how they work at the lowest level. Included are some simple example programs and a few links to other resources where hopeful Cell programmers can look up more helpful info.

Click on the “read” link below to check it out. It’s a bit of heavy reading, but it’ll definitely be very useful for those who want to know more about how the PS3’s mythical Cell processor works.

IBM has recently published the second part of their “Programming high-performance applications on the Cell BE processor” series. This second part, which carries the title  Program the synergistic processing elements of the Sony PLAYSTATION 3,” basically talks about some of the main concepts of assembly language programming on the PS3’s Cell BE processor under Linux.

While the article is tagged “intermediate,” programming newbies (like, um, me) will be wading around in uncharted territory. It gives an in-depth look at the Cell processor’s SPEs and how they work at the lowest level. Included are some simple example programs and a few links to other resources where hopeful Cell programmers can look up more helpful info.

Click on the “read” link below to check it out. It’s a bit of heavy reading, but it’ll definitely be very useful for those who want to know more about how the PS3’s mythical Cell processor works.