[sdiy] STM32 processor

Colin f colin at colinfraser.com
Thu Sep 15 19:57:11 CEST 2011


 

> Has anybody tried to benchmark those (esp. the 72 MHz parts) 
> against dsPICs for audio generation or audio effects? I'm 
> curious to know whether 40 Mhz clock + 16 bits instruction 
> set with DSP features can beat 72 Mhz clock (with wait states 
> from the flash) + generic 32 bits instruction set.

If wait states are hurting you, just copy the critical code into SRAM.
I haven't tried them, but I believe the Cortex M4 core adds DSP-like
instructions - MAC, etc.

Cheers,
Colin f





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