Re: DSP

[fmlin@netcom.com (Fist of Fury)]

>> The DSP processor board will have a Motorola DSP56002 40Mhz processor
>                                               ^^^^^^^^
>    Isn't this the expensive 32-bit model?  I thought you had decided to
>use the 24-bit 56001 to keep costs down?

002 is just a faster version of 001 (which was like 33 mHz or so).

>> For those who want to use the DSP as a fast math coprocessor, it is
>> very good for integer math but is about 8 times slower than the 68882
>> floating point coprocessors at doing floating point math.
>
>    Can you integrate a 68882 socket in the design, or as an add-on
>module where the FP operations could be re-routed?  Or is that way too
>expensive?

That would be too expansive, a 68882 costs atleast $100 a piece.  If the
DSP comes with software patch to use DSP as a FPU, that's be lot of 
improvement already.

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frank m. lin
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