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images/news/hardware.jpgToshiba will be using PlayStation 3 CPU technology in its notebook PCs
The Cell Broadband Processor, jointly developed by Sony, Toshiba and IBM, is the driving force behind the PlayStation 3 and high-end blade servers. While the chip is mainly used as a CPU in existing applications, Toshiba is planning to extend the Cell Broadband Engine’s base technology into graphics.
Toshiba’s specialized version of the technology, dubbed “SpursEngine,” will utilize similar Synergistic Processing Element (SPE) cores as found in the Cell/B.E.
The SpursEngine will only include four SPE cores, rather than the full eight cores of the Cell/B.E. chip. New to Toshiba’s own chip will be dedicated hardware for decoding and encoding MPEG-2 and H.264 video.
DailyTech
The Cell Broadband Processor, jointly developed by Sony, Toshiba and IBM, is the driving force behind the PlayStation 3 and high-end blade servers. While the chip is mainly used as a CPU in existing applications, Toshiba is planning to extend the Cell Broadband Engine’s base technology into graphics.
Toshiba’s specialized version of the technology, dubbed “SpursEngine,” will utilize similar Synergistic Processing Element (SPE) cores as found in the Cell/B.E.
The SpursEngine will only include four SPE cores, rather than the full eight cores of the Cell/B.E. chip. New to Toshiba’s own chip will be dedicated hardware for decoding and encoding MPEG-2 and H.264 video.
DailyTech
