Acknowledgments
This book grew out of a need for Altera (now Intel) marketing and technical sales people to have an intuitive-level understanding of digital signal processing (DSP) fundamentals and applications, to better work on issues that our customers face as they implement DSP systems. I am grateful to the Altera management for the support this book has received, in particular from Steve Mensor and Chris Balough.
My understanding of the topics in this book is based on many years of engineering implementation work and collaboration and explanations from many of my colleagues at multiple firms over the years. More recently, within Altera, many people have contributed to my knowledge in these areas. I would like to especially acknowledge a few ...