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Cell/B.E. SDK 3.0, Part 5: Debug and complete dynamic or static performance analysis

A quick-read intro to the new Multicore Accelerator SDK 3.0 IDE

Sean Curry (seancurry.ut@gmail.com), Software Engineer, IBM

Sean is an undergraduate student at The University of Texas at Austin, working toward a degree in Computer Sciences. As an intern at the IBM Linux Technology Center, Sean works as part of the Linux on Cell/B.E. team, specifically contributing to the IDE for Cell Broadband Engine SDK project. Sean develops source code and conducts integration testing and product release management.

Summary: This introductory tutorial, designed for the IBM SDK for Multicore Acceleration, Version 3.0 (otherwise known as the Cell Broadband Engine SDK), explores the Cell/B.E. processor IDE and gives developers a click-for-click walk-through of building a simple project in this environment. This tutorial is broken into six quick-perform parts dealing with creating an SPU project, creating a PPU project, creating the Cell/B.E. simulator, configuring the application launcher, debugging and doing performance analysis, using simulator consoles, using the ALF wizard, and setting IDE preferences.

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Date: 13 Nov 2007
Level: Introductory
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Learn

Use an RSS feed to request notification for the upcoming articles in this series. (Find out more about RSS feeds of developerWorks content.)
Check out the original installation document, "Installation Guide for the SDK for Multicore Acceleration v3.0" if you get stuck with a point in this series of installation tutorials.
See "Introduction to the Cell Multiprocessor" (IBM Journal of Research and Development, 2005) for an introductory overview of the Cell/B.E. multiprocessor's history, the program objectives and challenges, the design concept, the architecture and programming models, and the implementation.
To learn more on Cell/B.E. programming, try the developerWorks series:
Refer to the Cell Broadband Engine documentation section of the IBM Semiconductor Solutions Technical Library for a wealth of downloadable manuals, specifications, and more.
Refer to the Cell Broadband Engine documentation section of the IBM Semiconductor Solutions Technical Library for a wealth of downloadable manuals, specifications, and more.
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Get products and technologies

Go to the developerWorks Cell Broadband Engine Resource Center for Cell/B.E.-related resources, SDK libraries, SDK and third-party-product downloads, and news.
Find Cell/B.E. SDK version 2.1 and its tutorial "An introduction to the IDE for the Cell Broadband Engine SDK" (developerWorks, March 2007).
Access the IBM XLC compiler for porting efforts; it is optimized for the Cell/B.E. processor.
Find all Cell/B.E.-related articles, discussion forums, downloads, and more at the IBM developerWorks Cell Broadband Engine resource center: your definitive resource for all things Cell/B.E.
Contact IBM about custom Cell/B.E.-based or custom-processor based solutions.

Discuss

Participate in the discussion forum.
Check out the Cell Broadband Engine Architecture forum to get your technical questions about the processor answered. Juicy problems and answers from the forums are rounded up periodically and highlighted in the "Forum watch" blog series.
Go to the Power Architecture blog for news, downloads, instructional resources, and event notifications for Cell/B.E. and other Power Architecture-related technologies. You can find the popular "Forum watch" blog series (Q&A roundup) and the "FixIt" technology updates.