CELL SYSTEM SIMULATOR
The Cell/B.E. System Simulator
IBM’s Cell CPU Full System Simulator is basically a super debugger for Cell applications. It creates a software-defined Cell processor on which it can boot and run a “virtual” Linux system (Fedora 9 by default). This software does install on the Playstation 3 in Fedora 12 (OtherOS) and it actually runs surprisingly well. The Cell System Simulator provides detailed low-level statistics on exactly how your Cell applications execute on the hardware and it is especially useful for tuning your code for optimal performance on the Cell Broadband Engine platform.
Documenation
- Installing the Full System Simulator
- IBM Full-System Simulator User’s Guide
- Performance Analysis with the IBM Full-System Simulator