There are rumors that the new range of computers by Apple will be available with a new chipset that may support decoding as well as encoding video by making the main processor free to control the remaining computer.

Many companies, like Toshiba, are already using a dedicated chip for video and it’s not a new thing for them. Toshiba is using that technology in its laptops in the form of Quad Core HD Processor.

Besides four 128bit SIMD RISC processors, there are high definition H.264 and MPG2 encoders and decoders in the Quad Four that works parallel with the CPU of the device. Click here to read more …