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Articles from April 2009

Microchip Offers High-Performance DSP Library for PIC32

By BDTI, 4/22/2009

This Article was updated on April 27, 2009.
This month Microchip announced a “high-performance” software library of common DSP functions for its 32-bit microcontroller family, the PIC32. This library replaces Microchip’s earlier DSP library for the PIC32, which was quietly released last October. The library includes 16- and 32-bit vector math routines, 16-bit filters, and 16- and 32-bit FFTs.

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BDTI Releases Benchmark Results for Toshiba's Venezia Platform

By BDTI, 4/22/2009

BDTI recently completed a benchmark analysis of the Toshiba MeP “Media embedded Processor” core and “IVC2” SIMD coprocessor, both of which are used in Toshiba’s Venezia mobile multimedia platform.

The MeP is a licensable core that is intended to be used as a building block in multi-core, multimedia-oriented SoCs, typically with multiple MeP cores on a chip. Each MeP core can be customized with specialized instructions, co-processors, and memory sizes. (More)

Reliable Benchmark Results Lead to Good Design Decisions

By BDTI, 4/22/2009
To paraphrase business guru Peter Drucker, "If you can't measure it, you can't design it." In the world of embedding processing, processor developers and users alike rely on benchmarks to measure and assess the capabilities of embedded processors on their target applications. (More)

Jeff Bier's Impulse Response—Massively Parallel Chips Can Lead to Sticky Software

By Jeff Bier, 4/22/2009
Multicore and massively parallel chips are gaining momentum in embedded applications, and their increasing market acceptance is likely to have some interesting consequences. One of these, I believe, may be that companies that make massively parallel chips and tools—and their customers—will have to grapple with “stickier” software. (More)

Oh Me, Oh My, OMAP

By BDTI, 4/1/2009

From the 2009 April Fool's Edition of BDTI's InsideDSP.

Last month Texas Instruments announced a new member of its OMAP application processor family, OMAP 4. (More)

Nokia Debuts “VoiceChat;” Teens Baffled

By BDTI, 4/1/2009

From the 2009 April Fool's Edition of BDTI's InsideDSP.

Last month Nokia unveiled an innovative new feature for its high-end cell phones, “VoiceChat.” VoiceChat enables real-time, bi-directional chatting using the human voice rather than keypad inputs. It’s poised to compete head-to-head with text messaging, the de facto standard for wireless communication among people aged 12-16. (More)

Jeff Bier's Impulse Response—Where Are the Coding Subsidies?

By Jeff Bier, 4/1/2009

From the 2009 April Fool's Edition of BDTI's InsideDSP.

What can I say about the economy – it’s fallen and it can’t get up. In an effort to defibrillate its twitching body, the Obama administration has put together a pricey and bold stimulus package that includes a wide range of subsidies. I can’t help but notice, however, that there’s a conspicuous omission: coding subsidies. (More)