2001

Blackfin Gets BDTImark2000™, New Family Member

December 15, 2001 |

Analog Devices announced general sampling of the ADSP-21535 "Blackfin" DSP on September 28. The ADSP-21535 is the first processor based on the Micro Signal Architecture (MSA) jointly developed by Analog Devices and Intel. The ADSP-21535 is a 16-bit fixed-point DSP that features two MAC

December 15, 2001 |

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On December 3, Texas Instruments announced three new members of its TMS320C67xx family of floating-point processors. The TMS320C6713, which is projected to operate at 225 MHz, will be the fastest of these new processors. According to BDTI's analysis, the 225 MHz 'C6713 will be about two

December 15, 2001 |

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At the Microprocessor Forum in October, ARM unveiled the next version of its instruction set, ARMv6, which all future ARM cores will support. The ARMv6 instruction set is the first from ARM to include extensive DSP-oriented instructions. Particularly interesting is the inclusion of a

Now for Something Completely Different

November 15, 2001 |

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At the Communication Design Conference in October Lenslet unveiled its novel optical digital signal processing engine (ODSPE), which, it hopes, will boost DSP performance to the level of tera operations per second—far above the current level of giga operations per second found in

Siroyan Attacks Scalability

November 15, 2001 |

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At the Microprocessor Forum in October, five companies unveiled new DSP architectures. This was also the debut for one of these companies, Siroyan, a UK startup backed by venture capital. Siroyan had previously been a quiet presence in the DSP world, but now it has taken a very aggressive stance

November 15, 2001 |

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After Odysseus left to fight in the Trojan War, the ever-patient Penelope waited nineteen years for his return. Delayed by a few snags on the way back, he did eventually make it home, albeit much later than expected. This phenomenon is not unknown in world of microprocessors, in which new

October 15, 2001 |

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It used to be that DSP was a niche technology because only cost-insensitive applications could afford the hardware required for serious real-time signal processing. Over time, however, the prices of DSP-capable processors and ASICs have dropped to the point that DSP is now used in many consumer

October 15, 2001 |

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Intrinsity, a startup in Austin, Texas, recently disclosed its new Fast14 technology—a collection of design techniques that enable high-speed dynamic logic to be implemented on standard CMOS processes. This technology will facilitate clock speeds of up to 2.2 GHz. Intrinsity plans to apply

New DSP Architectures to Debut at MPF

October 15, 2001 |

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Despite the current industry slowdown, many companies are continuing to produce new architectures for DSP applications. At the upcoming Microprocessor Forum, two startups and one established player— Siroyan, 3DSP, and LSI Logic, respectively—will disclose next generation high

Observations from Hot Chips

September 01, 2001 |

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At the thirteenth annual Hot Chips Conference held at Stanford University, Professor Jan Rabaey of UC Berkeley's Wireless Research Center presented an engaging tutorial on silicon platforms for next-generation wireless systems. Professor Rabaey emphasized

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