Introduction to PTP Cell/B.E IDE
PTP Cell/B.E IDE, which is built upon the Eclipse and C Development Tools (CDT) platform, integrates the Cell BE GNU tool chain, compilers, IBM Full-System Simulator for the Cell BE, and other development components in order to provide a comprehensive, user-friendly development platform that simplifies Cell BE development. Key features include the following:
- a C/C++ editor that supports syntax highlighting; a customizable template; and an outline window view for procedures, variables, declarations, and functions that appear in source code
- a rich visual interface for PPE (Power Processing Element) and SPE (Synergistic Processing Element) GDB (GNU debugger)
- seamless integration of simulator into Eclipse
- automatic builder, performance tools, and several other enhancements