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Toshiba to release Cell processor powered television

by Iyaz Akhtar on Sep 29, 2009 at 10:16 AM

Toshiba to release Cell processor powered televisionToshiba is finally putting a Cell processor in a television and will show it off on October 5, 2009.  Announced back in CES 2009, Japan gets this super-TV first.  What purpose could having a Cell processor have in a television?  Toshiba says they will use the processor to upscale standard definition video to higher quality.  Think of your television having a built in upscaler like a lot of DVD players. 

Before you start thinking that Toshiba has grand designs to put together a PS3/TV combo, Toshiba has already claimed that they will not be doing that.  Not at all.  Toshiba actually developed the Cell with IBM and Sony.  Expect Toshiba to eventually build combination Blu-ray/televisions and probably give access to IPTV directly from the television without the need for a set top box.  The Cell is a very powerful processor and putting it in a television opens up what a simple TV can do. 

Read: [ComputerWorld]

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