libsvm_cbe: LIBSVM for the CELL processor

This software is a modified version of LIBSVM which takes advantage of the CELL processor. LIBSVM is written by Chih-Chung Chang and Chih-Jen Lin, and implements training and classification algorithms for Support Vector Machines. The original version of LIBSVM can be downloaded from http://www.csie.ntu.edu.tw/~cjlin/libsvm/ libsvm_cbe was written by Moreno Marzolla, based on LIBSVM version 2.89. libsvm_cbe takes advantage of CELL Synergistic Processing Elements (SPEs) to offload the most computationally intensive task, that is the computation of the kernel function during the training step. libsvm_cbe has been compiled and tested on a Sony PlayStation(R)3 console running Yellow Dog Linux version 5.0; it is not necessary to install IBM's Cell SDK, as libsvm_cbe only uses tools and libraries which are already provided by the Yellow Dog Linux distribution. libsvm_cbe has also been succesfully cross-compiled on a Linux machine running Ubuntu 9.04/x86.