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Articles from
January 2007
| Texas Instruments Announces Multi-core Baseband Processor |
By BDTI, 1/17/2007
 In December,Texas Instruments announced the TCI6487 multi-core baseband processor. The TCI6487 features three TMS320C64x+ DSP cores, and an antenna interface to support OBSAI and CPRI protocols. The device will be manufactured in a 65 nm process and is intended mainly for GSM, TD-SCDMA and WiMAX basestation applications.
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| Freescale Unveils Dual-Core Audio DSPs |
By BDTI, 1/17/2007
 On January 3rd, Freescale announced the first dual-core members of its Onyx family of audio DSPs. The chips mainly target high-definition audio processing in next-generation DVD players. To this end, Freescale offers software implementing audio decoders supported by the HD-DVD and Blue-Ray standards, including Dolby Digital+, Dolby TrueHD, and DTS-HD.
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| Jeff Bier’s Impulse Response – Hanging by Threads |
By Jeff Bier, 1/17/2007
Multithreaded programming isn't a new idea, but it's currently experiencing a major upswing in attention. But a recent influential paper by Dr. Edward Lee argues that multi-threaded application programming, as commonly practiced, is a flawed methodology that invites a range of nasty, hard-to-identify bugs.
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