[sdiy] uC with mul

[jbv]

Jim Patchell :

>      Not on a DIY basis.  I used several of their building blocks about
> 12 years ago to build processing electronics for doing focal plane
> processing.  Back then, a 16x16 multiplier was pretty pricey.  I have no
> idea what those chips might go for now, but, with high speed DSP chips,
> there might not be much reason, that, and also FPGA's.  You can get a
> lot of computing horse power in things like Xilinx Virtex and Altera
> Acex chips for not a whole lot of money.
>
>    -Jim
>

Quite a lot of solutions to choose from indeed...

Although I've always had the feeling that these Xilinx / Altera thingies
required quite a lot of engeneering & time, like development platform,
learning curve, development time etc. and because of their packages
weren't that easy to implement on the DIY project & PCB.
I might be wrong but I had the feeling that a 16x16 multiplier was a more
attractive solution, or at least featured the right balance between type of

package, ease of implementation etc in a DIY context... Haven't checked
the price yet though...

JB