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November 15, 2001 |

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

Do Mega-MACS Matter?

September 01, 2001 |

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Because DSPs are typically assigned MAC-intensive tasks, one might assume that DSP performance is directly related to MAC throughput. In fact, vendors often advertise the speed of their DSPs in terms of MMACS (millions of multiply-accumulates per second). However, BDTI benchmark studies reveal

September 01, 2001 |

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In an obscure corner of 3COM's Web site is an epitaph; a barren savannah landscape with a lone tree in the background frames the phrase "End of Life." The death in question was not that of a zebra or wildebeest—in these modern technological proving grounds it was the

August 01, 2001 |

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The embedded DSP group of Philips Semiconductors and design house Frontier Design merged last month to form a new company, Adelante Technologies. Philips will initially be the majority owner of Adelante, but Philips plans to reduce its ownership below 50% as other companies join the partnership.

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