Re: New Math Coprocessor - who has a need for it???

[unknown@apple.com (Matt Ackeret)]

In article <226igr$q5o@cnn.sim.es.com> kpopple@imp.sim.es.com (Ken Poppleton) writes:
>Yep, the DSP will improve integer math and also fixed point math.  But
>it will need software to do the math along with the patches for the SANE
>library.  

	Are you implying that your DSP board will speed up existing software
that was written in a high level language (Orca/C for example), without
recompiling?

	If not, then please be specific about what kind of "integer math" you
are talking about speeding up.

	Since Orca/C only uses SANE for floating point numbers, and the
things I've written/ported don't do floating point math, a math coprocessor
with only SANE patches wouldn't personally do me very much good.

	Something that could "automagically" speed up existing programs is
something I'd personally be interested in. (Of course, a Zip does this too!)
I realize that this likely isn't possible, I'm just trying to get concrete
details about what these cards are accelerating.

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