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Guide to Cell/B.E. Programming Documentation
SPU Assembly Language Specification
Cell Broadband Engine Public Information and Downloads
http://cell.scei.co.jp/e_download.html
Length
31 pages.
Audience
Assembly-language programmers writing application or system programs for the SPE.
Content
The grammar, lexicon, register usage, and related details for an SPE assembly language.
Recommended Use
Browse after readings of the
language coding of SPE applications.
Document Sections
The document has the following sections:
1.
Introduction: Summarizes the contents of the document.
2.
Instruction Set and Instruction Syntax: Descriptions of notation and data formats, the instruction set, register and
instruction aliases, channel mnemonics, encoding of immediate values, and errors and warnings.
Recommended Prerequisites
Read or browse:
CBE Programming Handbook
SPU Instruction Set Architecture
Further Details
None.
© 2008 Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved.
CBE Programming Handbook
and refer to it thereafter as needed during assembly-
Version 1.0, August 2008
Page 15 of 16
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