Toshiba is expected to release a notebook PC this year that uses a variant of the Cell processor, the same chip used in Sony's PlayStation.
Toshiba Qosmio G40
The Toshiba Qosmio G40 notebook will sport a SpursEngine SE1000 chip, a Cell stream processor also used in the Sony PlayStation 3.
Cell is a microprocessor architecture jointly developed by IBM, Sony, and Toshiba. It is derived from IBM's Power Architecture, which was once used in Apple notebooks and desktops. Today, IBM uses the Cell processor in a line of blade servers.
Samples of the SE1000 chip began shipping from Toshiba on April 8. Toshiba has said it expects sales of 6 million units within the first three years.
The SpursEngine can do high-definition video encoding and decoding of MPEG-2 and H.264 streams, among other capabilities. The four processing elements inside the chip have a clock frequency of 1.5GHz, while boasting a relatively low power envelope of 10 to 20 watts.
Toshiba also plans to release a TV with the Cell processor.
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