Toshiba plans to launch a laptop computer using the "Cell" processor installed in PS 3

Playstation 3CPU mounted in "Cell"Which was developed by Sony, Sony Computer Entertainment, IBM, Toshiba. Boasting quite excellent computing power,The US Air Force raises 300 PS3s for research purposesOr,It is quite cheap if I try to give the same computing power as the Earth Simulatordoing.

And it seems that Toshiba will finally come out of a laptop computer with its excellent Cell technology. What kind of model are you planning to do?

Details are as below.
Toshiba to use Cell processor in future notebook | Tech news blog - CNET News.com

To be accurate, it is not the Cell itself, but the "SpursEngine" processor applying that technology. I have posted it in GIGAZINE before.

Toshiba develops "SpursEngine" processor using Cell - GIGAZINE

It seems that advanced image processing becomes possible though it is low power consumption. Particularly wonderful is that the encoding and decoding speed of MPEG-2 which is also used for DVD and H.264 which is a substantial successor thereof is extremely fast. This is why it is done by hardware. Of course it is possible with high image quality. Power consumption is also low, about 10 watts to about 20 watts. It is quite excellent.

Toshiba 's AV notebook PC "Qosmio G 40" is planned to be equipped with this processor.

AV Notebook Qosmio G40 Top Page

Probably it is expected that it will be announced soon.

In addition, it seems that the release of TV with this CPU is planned. It is quite expected.