Processors

OMAP 4 Ups Performance with Dual Cortex-A9 Cores

March 18, 2009 |

Texas Instruments recently announced its next-generation application processor family, OMAP 4. The OMAP 4 chip family targets smart phones and mobile internet devices (MIDs) and incorporates a number of distinct processing engines. General-purpose processing is provided via a dual-core

February 18, 2009 |

Posted in Benchmarks, Processors

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BDTI has released BDTI DSP Kernel Benchmarks™ results for the CEVA-TeakLite-III core from CEVA. As we’ve written previously, CEVA-TeakLite-III is a 32-bit DSP core that primarily targets audio applications (both portable and high-definition) but also targets VoIP and cellular

January 21, 2009 |

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BDTI has released the first independent benchmark results comparing the performance of the Sandbridge “Sandblaster” SB3500 multi-core DSP chip to that of massively parallel chips, high-performance DSP processors, and FPGAs. Sandbridge Technologies, Inc . is a fabless

January 21, 2009 |

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BDTI has released BDTI DSP Kernel Benchmarks™ results for the SideWorks signal processing engine from CoreWorks , a Portugal-based vendor of licensable silicon intellectual property. SideWorks is a licensable DSP accelerator targeting cost and power-sensitive applications such as

January 21, 2009 |

Posted in Case Studies, Processors

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“Connected devices” make up much of the buzz in consumer electronics these days. They are the closest thing to a “killer app” there is—but what exactly are they? All connected devices provide some sort of connection to the ‘net, many provide

December 17, 2008 |

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In the last few years, there have been a slew of massively parallel chip vendors entering the embedded processor market. The massively parallel approach has become more accepted since Intel commercialized its multi-core PC architecture. It’s still a difficult area in which to build a

December 17, 2008 |

Posted in Processors, Software Development

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ST Microelectronics recently announced a new library of digital signal processing software components for its low-cost microcontroller family, the STM32. STM32 chips are based on ARM’s Cortex-M3 core, and they target low-cost embedded applications, particularly motor control. The

November 19, 2008 |

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High data rates pose a number of system design challenges. They require lots of I/O and an extremely fast processor or FPGA, they need lots of memory for storage and buffering, and they eat power as data gets shipped all over the system. That’s why, when high-speed data gets to a

November 19, 2008 |

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Earlier this month Freescale announced that it will be offering a new six-core DSP chip, the MSC8156, that targets wireless infrastructure applications. The chip uses a new DSP processor core, the StarCore SC3850, which is similar to the earlier SC3400 but has (among other enhancements)

October 15, 2008 |

Posted in Opinion, Processors

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Last month I wrote about how my colleagues and I believe that embedded processor vendors will need to become more involved in developing or acquiring proprietary algorithms to stay competitive in the coming decade. This month, I’ll discuss another long-term trend that we expect to

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