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Welcome to the Cell/B.E. Challenge 2 - Top Innovator!
The Top Innovator Challenge is aimed at inviting innovative applications and
solutions that can bring out the best in Cell Broadband Engine™(Cell/B.E.). It’s a test
of your understanding of parallel architecture and multicore processors as
well as your coding prowess and ability to make programmability
significantly easier for any developer.
And of course, an opportunity to win excellent cash prizes and be recognized
worldwide!
Please utilize the resources in the right section of this page to get more
information on Cell Broadband Engine, Programming Concepts, and getting
comfortable with the Cell/B.E. System Simulator. If you have any questions,
please feel free to ask in the developerWorks forum at the
Cell/B.E.
Processor Resource
Center.
Once you are
reasonably comfortable with the programming concepts you may proceed to pick
your area of expertise in the categories and examples mentioned further below.
Refer to the Official Rules section
for the exact rules, winner selection and submission format and
requirements. Please also note the licensure and eligibility section.
Make sure your entries include the following:
1) A 1-2 page high level description of the code and its attributes
2) Submission of code (e.g. C or C++), proof-of-concept (e.g., data,
comparative results with other architectures if any, etc.), and binaries.
3) Any other supporting materials - additional specifications or detailed
documentation
4) Create a project in sourceforge.net and send a link with your submission;
Include the link in the Abstract Section of the Submissions Page.
5) Must complete and submit online, the IBM Certificate of Originality.
Alternatively, you can also download and complete it,
and email it to cucadmin@us.ibm.com.
To download the COO, click here .
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We have defined 3 main Tracks or Categories where you can fit your submission into. |
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Application-oriented solutions where Cell/B.E. processor is
the main enabling technology. Examples of application sectors include but are not limited to:
- Seismic applications
- Financial Services
- Medical Imaging
- Electronic Design and Automation
- Content Creation
- Visualization and Management
- Digital Video Surveillance
- Computational Biology and Medicine
- High Performance Computing
- Simulation
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Heterogeneous multi-core system software technology that
enables Cell/B.E. processor resources to be used and managed effectively. Examples include but are not limited to:
- Kernel extension
- Process scheduling
- Cluster Scalability and system management
- Real-time service
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Concepts and implementations that enable the Cell/B.E. programmer to
efficiently map workloads to the heterogeneous multi-core architecture of
Cell/B.E. Processor. Examples include but are not
limited to:
- Emerging Computational Model
- Programming Models and frameworks
- Languages
- Development tools - Debugger/Profiler/Language Compiler and Translators
- Portability tools
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Keep the following in mind: [For additional details, please check the Licensing Clause(Rule #9) of
Official Rules.]
- You need to post your code on www.sourceforge.net and provide IBM a link to the posted code.
- Entries must be entrant’s own original creations, must not infringe on third party rights, must not have
won previous awards, must not have been posted on another Web site prior to submission and must be suitable
for publication.
- Submit any test programs with test data sets if the program requires to do so. This will help the judge
in verifying the results.
- Any inadequacies in documentation and clarity might prove to your loss, so add sufficient comments.
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"Cell Broadband Engine" is a trademark of Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc.,
in the United States, other countries, or both and is used under license
therefrom.
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