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This paper provides an introductory overview of the Cell multiprocessor. Cell represents a revolutionary extension of conventional microprocessor architecture and organization. The paper discusses the history of the project, the program objectives and challenges, the design concept, the architecture and programming models, and the implementation.

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Contains the explanations of the following Cell programming model. - Function offload model - Device extension model - Computational acceleration model - Streaming models - Shared-memory multiprocessor model - Asymmetric thread runtime model

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