SpursEngine

<h2 id="technical-specification">Technical specification</h2>

The first generation of SpursEngine processors are specified as follows:

<ul><li>Built with a <a href="/facts/65_nm/yqoIVRgR">65 nm</a> bulk <a href="/facts/CMOS/NJIWYgBl">CMOS</a> <a href="/facts/Semiconductor_device_fabrication/Jd23Mu1z">fabrication process</a> with 7 layers of <a href="/facts/Copper_interconnect/HBFBVG8X">copper interconnect</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7">7</a></li>
<li>9.98 mm × 10.31 mm (102.89 mm²) large die<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8">8</a></li>
<li>239.1 million <a href="/facts/Transistor/Bmr8zwL0">transistors</a> (<a href="/facts/Logic_gate/RHLulvKI">Logic</a>: 134 M, <a href="/facts/Static_random-access_memory/Pmyo4V5e">SRAM</a>:104.8 M)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9">9</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Thermal_design_power/Idcy26tM">Thermal design power</a>: <20 <a href="/facts/Watt/VK8oqRrm">W</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10">10</a></li>
<li>Max frequency: 1.5 GHz<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11">11</a></li>
<li>Packaged in a 624 pin FC-BGA (<a href="/facts/Flip_Chip/2jleJDJI">Flip Chip</a>-<a href="/facts/Ball_Grid_Array/0sjfGthJ">Ball Grid Array</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12">12</a></li>
<li>48 <a href="/facts/GFLOPS/6zYlH68F">GFLOPS</a> peak performance (12 GFLOPS per SPU @ 1.5 GHz)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13">13</a></li></ul>
<h2 id="commercialization">Commercialization</h2>
In April 2008 Toshiba shipped samples of the SpursEngine SE1000 device, a PCIe-based reference board.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14">14</a>

<ul><li>The accelerator card connects to a 1x PCI Express bus and has 128 MB XDR DRAM with 12.8 GB/s bandwidth.</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Leadtek/SNf1aWVT">Leadtek</a> is producing the WinFast PxVC1100 and HPVC1100, internal and external PCIe accelerators based on the SE1000 platform.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15">15</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16">16</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17">17</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Thomson_SA/gw0LfI7V">Thomson-Canopus</a> has announced the Firecoder Blu, a PCIe accelerator based on the SE1000 platform.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18">18</a></li></ul>
Toshiba included the SpursEngine processors in their <a href="/facts/Qosmio/GvmRcTrt">Qosmio</a> laptops, models F50, G50 and G55, in the third quarter of 2008.

<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Cell_(microprocessor)/p2MIQjMc">Cell (microprocessor)</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li><a href="https://gizmodo.com/gadgets/ceatec2007/toshibas-demos-spursengine+equipped-qosmio-uses-cell-broadband-engine-technology-305956.php">Toshiba's Demos SpursEngine-Equipped Qosmio, Uses Cell Broadband Engine Technology, Gizmodo.com</a></li>
<li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071023213444/http://www.cellusersgroup.com/modules/spursengine/">Cell Users Group - SpursEngine</a></li>
<li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091108180251/http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/06/17/toshiba_rebrands_spursengibe/">Cell-based GPU zaps laptop batteries, admits Toshiba – The Register</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:15">TechPowerUp.com <a href="http://www.techpowerup.com/130454/Leadtek_Loads_four_SpursEngine_Video_Processors_on_One_Board.html" target="_blank">http://www.techpowerup.com/130454/Leadtek_Loads_four_SpursEngine_Video_Processors_on_One_Board.html</a> <a href="#fnref:15" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
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