The Cell processor is capable of some impressive video processing, and Toshiba has taken the Cell and modified it into a multi-media powerhouse, which they call the Spurs Engine. The model that we’re using comes from Toshiba in the form of the SE 1000. The SE 1000 uses 4 of the 8 available SPE’s from the Cell. Two of the missing SPE’s are replaced with hardware MPEG-2 encoder and decoders.
