On Wed, 9 Feb 2005, Eugen Leitl wrote: > What I don't like about Cell is lack of 8 bit and 16 bit integer data types > in SPU SIMD. I'm also missing discussion on whether the SPUs are connected by > a crossbar (there might be no need for it, if the internal bus is really fast > and wide), and which signalling interconnect Cell clusters will use. I'm > really > hoping they will ship a flavor with a torus network a la Blue Gene (will > there be Cell Blue Gene?)
If in fact the Cell SPU is dervived from the Freescale AltiVec architecture then 16 bit integer data types are supported according to the summary at: http://www.freescale.com/files/32bit/doc/fact_sheet/ALTIVECGLANCE.pdf -Steve -- =========================================================== Stephen L. Reed phone: 512.342.4036 Cycorp, Suite 100 fax: 512.342.4040 3721 Executive Center Drive email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Austin, TX 78731 web: http://www.cyc.com download OpenCyc at http://www.opencyc.org =========================================================== ------- To unsubscribe, change your address, or temporarily deactivate your subscription, please go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
