The SecurityTube Assembly Language Primer For Hackers Series for Linux provides a solid introduction to assembly language programming for the ia32 architecture. I found it to be most informative, and wondered what the examples from that series might look like if written for the PPU and SPUs of the Cell BE.
More recently, I acquired a Nokia N900 and have begun working through the same series for the N900’s ARM Cortex-A8 core.
My notes for each part are linked below.
| Instruction list | PPU | SPU | ||
| Part 1 | System Organization | PPC | SPU | ARM |
| Part 2 | Memory Organisation | SPU | ||
| Part 3 | GDB Usage Primer | PPC & SPU | ||
| Part 4 | Hello World | PPC | SPU | ARM |
| Part 5 | Data Types | PPC & SPU | ||
| Part 6 | Moving Data | PPC | SPU | ARM |
| Part 7 | Working with Strings | SPU | ARM | |
Further links will be added as I complete subsequent parts.