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The PowerXCell 8i Board “GigaAccel 180”

Cell SDK for GigaAccel 180

IBM Cell SDK based Cell SDK for GigaAccel 180 is available for GigaAccel 180. The Cell SDK for GigaAccel 180 includes frameworks and libraries for Cell/B.E. application development. Additionally, it maintains compatibility with other Cell based systems including IBM BladeCenter® QS21, QS22, and Mercury Computer Systems' 1U server.

Supported OS

Yellow Dog Enterprise Linux 6.x

Components

Verification and guaranteed operation is divided three levels.

  • Support Level: Support Level: Fully-verified and user inquiries are acceptable.
  • Tested Level: Tested Level: Verified with simple test code.
  • As is Level: As is Level: Package without verification and guaranteed operation.

Frameworks

Components Level
ALF for Cell/B.E. Support
ALF for Hybrid-x86 As is
DaCS for Cell/B.E. Support
DaCS for Hybrid-x86 As is

Libraries

Components Level
BLAS Support
LIB FFT Support
LIB FFT 3D Tested
LIB SPE1/SPE2 Support
Mathematical Acceleration Subsystem (MASS) Library Support
Monte Carlo Library Support
netpbm Tested
SPU-Isolation N/A
SPU-Libcrypto Tested
SPU-Timer As is
SIMD Math Support
Linear Algebra Package (LAPACK) Support

Development Tools

Components Level
Feedback Directed Program Restructuring (FDPR-Pro) Tested
GNU Toolchain Support
Hybrid Performance Tools As is
IDE (Eclipse Plugin) Tested
Cell Performance Counter (CPC) N/A
Crash SPU Commands Tested
Oprofile N/A
Performance Debugging Tool (PDT) Tested
PDTR Tested
SPU-Timing Tool Tested

Others

Components Level
Kernel Support
Simulator N/A
Sysroot Image for Simulator N/A
Documentation As is
Examples Tested