@call me scruffy: And I mean it. If you think that general purpose CPU software performance will make DSPs obsolete then you are completely wrong. Intel has designed its upcoming new architecture with the CSI/Quickpath bus to allow for 3rd party DSP/multicore-DSP co-processors/accellerators to be installed on motherboards.
The whole Larrabee high-end Intel GPU project is based on micro-x86 cores that work in a way similar to IBM/Sony Cell SPEs...
And if you think that specialized DSP products from Texas Instruments, Analog Devices and other manufacturers are going to get obsolete and a general purpose ARM o x86 CPU will do better, then you are wrong.
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@call me scruffy: And I mean it. If you think that general purpose CPU software performance will make DSPs obsolete then you are completely wrong. Intel has designed its upcoming new architecture with the CSI/Quickpath bus to allow for 3rd party DSP/multicore-DSP co-processors/accellerators to be installed on motherboards.
The whole Larrabee high-end Intel GPU project is based on micro-x86 cores that work in a way similar to IBM/Sony Cell SPEs...
And if you think that specialized DSP products from Texas Instruments, Analog Devices and other manufacturers are going to get obsolete and a general purpose ARM o x86 CPU will do better, then you are wrong.