Toshiba releases SpursEngine graphics co-processor for testing


	Toshiba releases SpursEngine graphics co-processor for testing

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Toshiba just pushed its <A href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/spursengine">SpursEngine</A> co-processor chip out the door for sampling. Derived from the <A href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/cell">Cell</A> processor at the heart of Sony's PS3, the SpursEngine SE1000 contains 4 processor cores (not 8 like the Cell) and a hardware codec for encoding and decoding MPEG-2/H.264 video. It's designed to manhandle real-time graphics processing and video manipulation when used in a potent three-way with your computer's CPU and GPU. The processor is expected to cost as little as $50 by the time it appears in the first consumer electronics devices -- likely graphics cards -- early next year. A very good thing if the production experience is anything like the <A href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/hands-flailing-wildly-with-toshibas-spursengine-laptop/">demonstrations</A> we've <A href="http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/02/toshiba-demonstrates-hand-motion-controls-at-ceatec/">seen</A>.</DIV></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/195334B3-9A25-4D2B-9905-B733ED6AD1FE/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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