[sdiy] New DSP for SDIY?

Magnus Danielson magnus at rubidium.dyndns.org
Thu Dec 18 00:11:45 CET 2008


Antti Huovilainen skrev:
> On Wed, 17 Dec 2008, Paul Maddox wrote:
> 
>> Ironic, I was looking for a fast 32bit CPU, might get one of them, I'd 
>> like to see the datasheet/schemtic for the USB stick one.
> 
> CPU or DSP?
> DSPs are generally rather poor at non-sequential tasks (such as indirect 
> memory addressing). ARM is a good choice for fast and cheap 32 bit CPU.

Agree, but the vendors isn't really supplying a stable supply. Vendors 
may drop models or even the ARM product line... so over a few years a 
number of re-targets. Sigh. I like them but the love is tough.

Cheers,
Magnus



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