An apulet is a component of the Cell

Cell (microprocessor)

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 computer architecture

Computer architecture

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 consisting of a bundle comprising a data

Data

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 object and the code

Code

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necessary to perform an action upon it. The Cell architecture calls for several APUs (Attached Processing Units) which do the primary processing of the system, under the control of a single Processing Element (PE). Each APU is loaded with its apulet by the PE and can pass its results to the next APU.