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Qualcomm's QDSP6 v5: Benchmarking Results Confirm That Floating-Point Support Has Arrived
June 12, 2013 |
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Toward the end of an article published in the February 2013 edition of InsideDSP , analyzing BDTI's published benchmark results of Qualcomm's QDSP6 (aka "Hexagon") v4 DSP core, you'll find the following prescient quote: Qualcomm is, of course, not done innovating with
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CEVA's Multimedia DSP Cores: A Framework for Accessing Them, and a New MM3101 Imaging Algorithm
June 12, 2013 |
Posted in Audio, Low-Power, Processors, Software Development, Tools, Video
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In January 2013 , InsideDSP covered the CEVA-MM3101, the company's first DSP core targeted not only at still and video image encoding and decoding tasks (akin to the prior-generation MM2000 and MM3000) but also at a variety of image and vision processing tasks. At that time, the company
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Case Study: BDTI-Developed, DSP-Enabled Algorithms Optimize Speaker Sound
June 12, 2013 |
Posted in Audio, Case Studies, Processors, Software Development
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The tension between cost and quality is one of the fundamental tradeoffs in the design of consumer electronics devices—and many other systems. Customers predominantly select among competing products based on price, especially in these challenging economic times, but consumers are also
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Jeff Bier’s Impulse Response—Are DSPs Dying?
June 12, 2013 |
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Recently I heard a presentation from a start-up chip supplier promoting a new type of programmable architecture for baseband processing in cellular base stations and handsets. The company's CEO contended that digital signal processors (DSPs) are becoming passé, soon to be replaced by
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Case Study: Optimizing Evaluation Board Design Decisions
May 22, 2013 |
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BDTI is well known for its software-related capabilities: performance- and power consumption-related benchmarking , for example, along with algorithm evaluation , and development and optimization work . But the company is no stranger to hardware, either. Take, for example, its recent testing of
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Jeff Bier’s Impulse Response—Invasion of the Body Snatchers
May 22, 2013 |
Posted in Opinion, Software Development
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In my December column , I observed that smartphones and tablets are starting to be used in places where purpose-built embedded systems once reigned, such as point-of sale terminals. At home, for example, I have a small Android tablet that I use as an Internet audio player. And my local sandwich
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Making Images Bitrate-Slight: Has Trusight Seen the (Luminance) Light?
May 22, 2013 |
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Vision science studies suggest that the eye is able to discern more than 11 bits of dynamic range for each of the three primary colors – red, green and blue – that typically comprise a given scene. The optical nerve connecting each eye to the brain, on the other hand, is only able to
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The Cellular Base Station: ASOCS Asserts that C-RAN is a Superior Implementation
May 22, 2013 |
Posted in Communication, Processors, Software Development, Tools
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The cellular base station and its associated infrastructure topology have remained largely unchanged throughout the industry's history to date, although upgrades have periodically occurred to address the needs of evolving voice and data standards. Within each base station are beefy
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Case Study: Cool Algorithm, But Will It Fit in My Product?
April 10, 2013 |
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Algorithms are the essence of digital signal processing; they are the mathematical "recipes" that transform signals in useful ways. Companies developing new algorithms, or considering purchasing or licensing algorithms, often need to assess whether an algorithm will fit within their
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TrulyHandsFree: Always-On Speech Recognition From Sensory
April 10, 2013 |
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"If it has speech recognition, why do we have to use our fingers?" According to Bernie Brafman, Vice President of Business Development at Sensory, that simple question has been at the forefront of many of the company's customers' minds throughout Sensory's 19-year existence.
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