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In this chapter a general outline of the book is presented. An overview of the developments leading upto the design of the Cell Broadband Engine Architecture, and its place in the context of modern processors is given. An overview of the Emotion Engine (EE) architecture of the PlayStation 2 is also given. Key features of the Cell are discussed with respect to their use in high-performance applications.
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Koranne, S. (2009). Introduction. In: Practical Computing on the Cell Broadband Engine. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0308-2_1
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