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ARM’s Cortex-A8 Armed for DSP, Multimedia By BDTI, 5/16/2007 BDTI has released independent benchmark results for the Cortex-A8, ARM’s highest-performance processor core, on the BDTI DSP Kernel Benchmarks™  and the BDTI Video Encoder and Decoder Benchmarks™. The results indicate that the Cortex-A8 is significantly faster than its predecessor, the ARM1176, giving it considerable horsepower for its targeted applications. (More)

Plurality's Hypercore Joins the Multi-Core Fray By BDTI, 5/16/2007 There’s no shortage of startups with massively parallel processor architectures targeting high-performance signal processing applications, but Plurality isn’t discouraged. The company recently introduced a new multi-core architecture, Hypercore, that can support from 16 to 256 RISC processors on a single chip. Plurality is betting that its patented “synchronizer/scheduler” hardware will make Hypercore stand out from the crowd. (More)

Jeff Bier’s Impulse Response – As Signal Processing Workloads Evolve, So Must Processors By Jeff Bier, 5/16/2007 Historically, DSP processors have been the default choice for signal processing applications because they could efficiently process classical signal processing functions like FIR filters and FFTs. But those capabilities aren’t enough any more. (More)

Case Study: Custom Benchmarks for Emerging Applications By BDTI, 5/16/2007 Looking beyond today’s established high-volume applications, processor and SoC vendors often seek growth in promising emerging applications. In entering any new market, vendors face two key challenges: First, they must ensure that their product is competitive. (More)

A Survey of Mainstream DSP Processors By BDTI, 5/7/2007 BDTI reviews DSPs from Analog Devices, Freescale, and Texas Instruments, including low-cost fixed-point DSPs, high-performance fixed-point DSPs, and floating-point DSPs. (More)