Toshiba unleashes new notebooks with SpursEngine processor

Toshiba Corporation announced that it will enhance its line-up of industry leading Qosmio AV notebooks with the launch of new models, the Qosmio G50 series and Qosmio F40 series, that integrate the streaming media processing power of the TOSHIBA Quad Core HD Processor SpursEngine SE1000.

Derived from the high performance multi-core technology of the Cell Broadband Engine(Cell/B.E.), and combined with Toshibas advanced image processing technology, the SpursEngine integrates four synergistic processing elements (S.P.E.s) and functions as a dedicated co-processor that supports the smooth handling of high definition video streams, image recognition and image processing. It also incorporates coding and decoding blocks for video in MPEG-2 and H.264 format.

SpursEngine SE1000 processor significantly improves processing power and speeds up the handling of multiple, resource-intensive video processing tasks such as conversion of standard definition video content to high definition quality. High-resolution function that upscales standard definition video sources and bring them to screen in high definition picture quality. This allows users to experience standard DVD video content with high definition quality.

Qosmio G50 and Qosmio F40 incorporate Intel Core 2 Duo processor of new generation. RAM constitutes 2-4 GB. Qosmio G50 comes with 18,4” display Clear Super View with 1920*1080 resolution and with one or two hard drives of 250 GB capacity. Qosmio F40 comes with a 15,4” display with 1280*800 resolution and 250 GB hard drive.

Toshiba has also given the new Qosmio PC network controller Gigabit Ethernet, WI-Fi controller (IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n standard), stereophonic speakers, subwoofer, 2TV-tuners, 4 USB 2.0 ports and HDMI port. The latest NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT graphic accelerator integrated in the notebook achieve enhanced graphic processing. Toshiba doesn’t comment on the date when it will introduce the models on the Russian market.

Source: www.compulenta.ru