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SPU Assembly Language Specification

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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 CBE Programming Handbook and refer to it thereafter as needed during assembly-

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.