DSPs and Alternatives
for Communications Applications
A full-day BDTI seminar
AVAILABLE ON-SITE OR ON-LINE
Contents
With cellular handsets expected to consume one billion processors this year, it is clear that communications products are poised to become the “killer apps” for microprocessors in the coming decade. Today, DSP processors and cores provide the bulk of the processing resources inmost communications devices. But DSPs are facing expanding competition from multiple directions. As communications products incorporate increasingly sophisticated application software, they need expanded general-purpose MPU capabilities. At the same time, MPU vendors are adding DSP features to their architectures, enabling MPUs to handle serious DSP tasks. And looking forward, the unprecedented signal processing requirements of next-generation wireless devices threaten to outpace the capabilities of DSP processors, creating opportunities for massively parallel and highly customized devices.
This seminar is designed to help you navigate the crowded field of DSPs and emerging alternatives for communications applications. The seminar, updated with the latest DSP developments, provides objective, independent analysis of the most important architectures and products, as well as insights into key competitors' strategies and technology trends.
Introduction
Key communications applications
Signal processing in communications applications
Processors and alternatives
Programmable processors
- DSPs
- General-purpose processors
- DSP-enhanced general-purpose processors
SoCs and processor cores
- Customizable processors
- FPGAs and reconfigurable processors
- ASSPs (application-specific standard products)
Key vendors
What to look for in processors for communications applications
Processors for terminals
- Texas Instruments TMS320C54xx
- Texas Instruments TMS320C55xx
- StarCore SC110
- Motorola DSP5685x
- Infineon Carmel core
- Alternatives
Processors for infrastructure
- Texas Instruments TMS320C62xx
- Texas Instruments TMS320C64xx
- LSI Logic ZSP core
- Motorola MSC8101, Lucent StarPro2000 (both based on StarCore SC140 core)
- Lucent DSP16xxx
- Analog Devices ADSP-219x multi-core chips
- High-performance general-purpose processors
- Alternatives
Performance Analysis
- Evaluating processors' DSP performance
- Key algorithms used in communications applications
- Benchmark results
- Analysis of benchmark results
Conclusions
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