AMD Viola vs IBM Cell Broadband Engine Full Specs

Summary

8 Cores 16 Threads 3.5GHz	8 Cores(1P+7E) 9 Threads(2P+7E) 3.2GHz
TDP 180W	TDP -
Bandwidth -	Bandwidth 25.6GB/s XDR
iGPU Viola	iGPU -
Peak·FP32·FP16 68.6 TFLOPSFP16	Peak·FP32·FP16 -

Highlights

Max Bandwidth

Max Bandwidth iGPU Peak iGPU FP32 iGPU FP16 TDP

Viola-

-

Cell Broadband Engine25.6GB/s

x1

Core Config

8 Cores 8P -	8 Cores 1P 7E
16 Threads 16P -	9 Threads 2P 7E

Clocks

Base Clock 3.5GHz	Base Clock 3.2GHz
Overclocking Locked	Overclocking Locked

Cache

L1i 32KB P	L1i 32KB P
L1d 32KB P	L1d 32KB P
L2 512KB P -	L2 512KB P 256KB E
L3 64MB	L3 -

Memory

Type -	Type XDR
Max Memory -	Max Memory 256MB
ECC -	ECC No
Channels -	Channels 4
Bus Width -	Bus Width 64-bit
Speed -	Speed 3200MT/s
Bandwidth -	Bandwidth 25.6GB/s
Bandwidth Calculator -	Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate3200MT/s Calculated Bandwidth 25.6GB/s

Power & Thermals

TDP 180W

TDP -

Chipset Bus

Bus Type -	Bus Type FSB
Bus Config -	Bus Config 128-bit
Bus Speed -	Bus Speed 1.6GT/s
Bus Bandwidth -	Bus Bandwidth 25.6GB/s

iGPU

iGPU Viola	iGPU -
Shaders 3840	Shaders -
Boost Clock 2.23GHz	Boost Clock -
Peak·FP32·FP16 68.6 TFLOPSFP16	Peak·FP32·FP16 -

Chip

Manufacturer AMD	Manufacturer IBM
ISA x86-64	ISA PowerPC
Architecture Zen 2	Architecture Cell
Branding	Branding
Codename Viola - -	Codename Cell PPEP-Core SPEE-Core
Market Segment Console	Market Segment Console
Release Date Sep 10, 2024	Release Date Nov 11, 2006

Fabrication

Foundry TSMC	Foundry IBM
Fabrication Node N6	Fabrication Node 90nm
Die Size 260mm²	Die Size 235mm²
Transistor Count 10.6 Billion	Transistor Count -
Transistor Density 41 MTr/mm²	Transistor Density -

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