The architecture of DSP: a DSP multiprocessor

Simple analog functions such as mixing and editing often have complex implementations in the digital domain. Previous machines designed expressly for such tasks, such as the Lucasfilm ASP and Neve BBC machine, are heavily pipelined and complex machines with extremely fast cycle times. The author describes the hardware architecture of a MIMD (multi-instruction/multiple-data-stream) multiprocessor designed to handle the problems of high-quality digital audio mixing, synthesis, and editing