Toshiba Launches Cell Based Processor
SpursEngine - the so-called new high-performance processor, the release of which just yesterday was reported by Toshiba.
The main feature of the chip is that it is built on the basis of four cores Synergistic Processing Element (SPE) with RISC-architecture. Exactly the same are present in the Cell processor (although there are more of them twice) created by Sony and IBM. The chip works with XDR DRAM memory and supports PCI Express x4, x2, x1 interface, is capable of operating at a frequency of 1.5 GHz and at the same time consume no more than 20 watts. Tasks for which this stream processor is “sharpened” have a multimedia focus exclusively, namely, encoding and decoding video, including high definition, as well as real-time processing of three-dimensional images.
SpursEngine will be used as a coprocessor in consumer electronics and even computer equipment. In particular, Toshiba plans to demonstrate the capabilities of the new chip using the example of a laptop that will be on display at the Japanese exhibition Ceatec 2007. The presentation, I believe, will be very interesting, because the Japanese promise "to increase video processing in consumer electronics to a new level of realism."
The cost of SpursEngine developers are still silent, so it is difficult to assess the feasibility of introducing new items.
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via Yahoo! News
The main feature of the chip is that it is built on the basis of four cores Synergistic Processing Element (SPE) with RISC-architecture. Exactly the same are present in the Cell processor (although there are more of them twice) created by Sony and IBM. The chip works with XDR DRAM memory and supports PCI Express x4, x2, x1 interface, is capable of operating at a frequency of 1.5 GHz and at the same time consume no more than 20 watts. Tasks for which this stream processor is “sharpened” have a multimedia focus exclusively, namely, encoding and decoding video, including high definition, as well as real-time processing of three-dimensional images.
SpursEngine will be used as a coprocessor in consumer electronics and even computer equipment. In particular, Toshiba plans to demonstrate the capabilities of the new chip using the example of a laptop that will be on display at the Japanese exhibition Ceatec 2007. The presentation, I believe, will be very interesting, because the Japanese promise "to increase video processing in consumer electronics to a new level of realism."
The cost of SpursEngine developers are still silent, so it is difficult to assess the feasibility of introducing new items.
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via Yahoo! News
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/14330/
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