Processors

MimoOn Fields LTE Software for Multiple Processor Vendors

September 02, 2010 |

Posted in Communication, Processors, Software Development

With the growth in mobile data traffic, there is increasing interest in fourth - generation (4G) cellular technologies, especially the Long Term Evolution (LTE) of the 3 rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) – the successor to GSM/EDGE and UMTS/HSxPA technologies. LTE has gained

September 02, 2010 |

Posted in Processors, Software Development, Tools, Video

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Texas Instruments (TI) recently introduced C6EZFlo, a graphical programming tool for its C6000 and DaVinci DSP families. C6EZFlo is a prototyping tool to help users quickly develop initial software implementations of their applications. In particular, C6EZFlo is designed to help

July 29, 2010 |

Posted in Audio, Automotive, Benchmarks, Low-Power, Processors, Software Development, Tools

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This spring, ARM added the Cortex-M4 digital signal controller (DSC) to its processor core line-up. This product brings digital signal processing capabilities to ARM’s microcontroller core line (the Cortex-M family). At the Embedded Systems Conference in San Jose in April, NXP

June 29, 2010 |

Posted in FPGAs, Processors, Tools

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Altera recently disclosed architecture details of its next generation Stratix V FPGA family. The architecture features a variable-precision DSP block, designed to provide better resource utilization for algorithms requiring a variety of data widths. Altera represents this approach

June 29, 2010 |

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Octasic Semiconductor recently announced the OCT2200 family of multi-core DSP processors based on its Opus clockless (asynchronous) DSP core. The OCT2224M is intended for media processing equipment including video conferencing systems, internet video streaming and transcoding, and video

May 20, 2010 |

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Freescale has announced a new high-performance DSP product line, the MSC825x, incorporating up to six StarCore SC3850 DSP cores at up to 1 GHz. Unlike other high-performance DSPs introduced by Freescale in recent years—which were aimed almost exclusively at wireless infrastructure

May 20, 2010 |

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Xilinx recently unveiled a new chip architecture integrating an ARM processor with an FPGA fabric. This platform centers around a dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 processor complex, including hardened memory interfaces and peripherals. The platform architecture, shown in Figure 1, is intended to

April 21, 2010 |

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Analog Devices, Inc (ADI) has announced new members of its floating-point SHARC processor family featuring lower prices and offering LQFP packages, which are easier to use in older, lower-cost manufacturing facilities. The new SHARC products target digital audio, industrial, automotive, and

April 21, 2010 |

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CEVA recently announced its third-generation video processor IP offering. The CEVA-MM3000™ is a programmable subsystem which is designed to support video decode and encode using many video standards, including H.264, VC1, RealVideo and AVS at resolutions up to 1080p (1920×1080

February 16, 2010 |

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TI has unveiled a new chip-level architecture for high-performance, multi-core DSP-processor-based SoCs. Most notable among its features are new on-chip and chip-to-chip interconnection mechanisms, an upgraded high-performance DSP core, and both hardware and tools support for programming

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