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Selecting and Using DSP Processor Cores

A half-day BDTI seminar

Contents

Overview

Improvements in IC fabrication processes and the burgeoning demand for DSP capabilities have combined to make DSP core-based ASICs a hot technology. As a result, the number and diversity of DSP cores is on the rise, with new vendors and new architectures regularly announced. But choosing a DSP core and creating a core-based ASIC are not simple propositions; both the technical and business hurdles are formidable.

In this half-day seminar, Jeff Bier will explain what to look for when choosing a DSP core for a core-based ASIC, and discuss key characteristics of currently available and upcoming DSP processor cores. Jeff will also discuss the business side of core-based ASIC design, including important financial and legal considerations.

This class is intended for engineers, engineering managers, and technical marketing professionals involved in designing, choosing, or marketing DSP processor cores.

Outline

    DSP core-based ASICs
    • Definition
    • Motivation
    • Business models
    • Design process
    • Development tools
    • Considerations in choosing, using processor cores for ASICs

    Classes of processors for DSP

    • Conventional, enhanced conventional
    • VLIW
    • Superscalar
    • DSP-enhanced CPUs, DSP/microcontroller hybrids

    Current DSP core offerings

    • DSP Group Pine and Oak
    • DSP Group Teak
    • DSP Group Palm
    • ARM ARM7
    • ARM Piccolo
    • Siemens Carmel
    • Siemens TriCore
    • IBM C54xDSP
    • ADI ADSP-21xx
    • TI cDSP
    • ARC configurable cores
    • Others
    • Comparison of cores
      • Basic features, notable characteristics
      • Benchmark performance

    Conclusions

About BDTI

Berkeley Design Technology, Inc (BDTI) is a technical services and software company focused on DSP technology. BDTI is well-known for developing the only vendor-independent set of DSP benchmarks, the BDTI Benchmarks™, which it has implemented on nearly every processor used in DSP today. BDTI provides DSP software development and optimization services, published reports on DSP technology, and DSP technical advisory services.

For more information

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