Title :
Programmable digital signal processors
Author_Institution :
North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC, USA
Abstract :
The state-of-the-art programmable digital signal processors (DSPs) are introduced. The standard used to evaluate the DSP performance is discussed. TMS320C6x, the most advanced DSP, is analyzed for its architecture and application development issues. Potential improvement of these DSPs is proposed, and the current directions for DSP processors are generalized
Keywords :
digital signal processing chips; parallel architectures; programmable circuits; DSP performance; TMS320C6x; advanced VLIW architecture; application development; architecture; programmable digital signal processors; Digital signal processing; Digital signal processing chips; Digital signal processors; Field programmable gate arrays; Instruments; Kernel; Manufacturing; Production; Signal processing algorithms; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Africon, 1999 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Cape Town
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5546-6
DOI :
10.1109/AFRCON.1999.820835