Embedded and Networking Systems

1	Evolution of Digital Signal Processing Architecture at Texas Instruments Gene A. Frantz

CONTENTS

1.1    Introduction

1.2    Speak & Spell DSP

1.3    Introduction to Fixed Point DSPs

1.3.1    TMS32010

1.3.2    Floating Point

1.4    DSP Array Processing

1.5    Very Large Instruction Word (VLIW) Devices

1.6    Multi-Processing

1.6.1    Custom Solutions

1.6.2    Heterogeneous Multi-Processing

1.6.3    Homogeneous Multi-Processing

1.7    What Now?

1.7.1    Fixed point DSPs

1.7.2    Floating point DSPs

1.7.3    Multi-Processing DSPs

1.8    Conclusion

References

1.1    INTRODUCTION

I have watched the evolution of the digital signal processor (DSP) from an enviable position as an insider [1]. Two warnings should be noted before I begin a discussion ...